Sen. Minority Leader Charles Schumer
Charles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerAmtrak to rename Rochester station after Louise Slaughter Conscience protections for health-care providers should be standard Pension committee must deliver on retirement promise MORE (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday that he is prepared to leave open the ninth seat on the Supreme Court.
“If the nominee is not bipartisan and mainstream, we absolutely will keep the seat open,” Schumer told CNN’s “State of the Union.”
The Supreme Court vacancy has been open since last February, when Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away.
Former President Barack Obama
Barack Hussein ObamaRivals and consumers will rein in Facebook, not regulation Obamas send handwritten note to Parkland students: 'We will be there for you' Water has experienced a decade of bipartisan success MORE had nominated Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy. The Senate did not take up Garland’s nomination for a vote.
Garland reportedly returned to his job as a federal appeals court judge last week.
Schumer on Sunday also railed against Trump's Cabinet picks, calling his selections "troubling."
“We call it the swamp Cabinet. Billionaires and bankers,” he said.
