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Article snippet: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement has already triggered an intense Senate fight over the confirmation of his successor. Moments after Kennedy said he would retire, Majority Leader MORE. “We will vote to confirm Justice Kennedy’s successor this fall,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. “Wait, so the thing about ‘the American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice’ wasn’t really about a concern for the American people?” tweeted Sen. MORE (D-Conn.). “It was just about Obama?? I am shocked! SHOCKED!!” Murphy’s remarks referenced the Senate GOP’s decision to block MORE, former President Obama’s pick to replace Justice Antonin Scalia after his death in 2016. McConnell and other Senate Republicans argued at the time that the pick was too important and that it should wait until after the presidential election. Democrats remain bitter over that fight, and they sought to block Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the court last year. Senate Republicans got rid of the filibuster on Supreme Court nominations in response and confirmed Gorsuch in April 2017. McConnell called on Democrats to give Trump’s next pick fair consideration. “It’s imperative that the president’s nominee be considered fairly and not subjected to personal attacks,” he said. A vote before the midterm elections could be difficult for a number of Democratic senators facing reelection in states won by Trump, including Sens. MORE (Ind.). Republicans hold jus... Link to the full article to read more