Article snippet: MORE on Monday said he would make a nomination to the Supreme Court if there’s a vacancy before the 2020 presidential election. “Would I do that? Of course,” Trump said in an exclusive interview with The Hill when asked if he would try to fill a high court vacancy during election season. The position is an apparent reversal for the president, who as a candidate in 2016 backed Senate Majority Leader MORE to the high court. But the president denied that his position was an about-face, since Republicans control both the Senate and the White House. “They couldn’t get him approved. That’s the other problem because they didn’t have the Senate. If they had the Senate, they would have done it,” Trump said of Democrats. “It depends. I mean, we have the Senate. We have a great Senate. We have great people. If we could get him approved, I would definitely do it. No, I’d do it a lot sooner than that. I’d do it. If there were three days left, I’d put somebody up hoping that I could get ’em done in three days, OK?” he continued. Trump crafted a list in the months before the 2016 election of potential Supreme Court nominees, which helped secure him the support of some ambivalent conservative voters. Since his inauguration, the Senate has confirmed dozens of Trump’s district court nominees as well as two Supreme Court nominees: MORE. The president has touted those confirmations as being among the high points of his term, noting that the justices will reshape the high court for ... Link to the full article to read more