Sen. Dianne Feinstein's death creates a vacancy on the powerful panel that oversees President Biden's judicial nominees. Without her, Democrats don't have a majority on it.
, that Republicans would try to permanently block a replacement if Feinstein were to retire or vacate the seat. Those claims resurfaced on Friday, but they remain groundless.
“My assumption is that we’ll observe whatever the precedent is in this situation,” Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., said. “I mean, it’s an unfortunate situation, but it’s happened before and I assume that the same rules would apply.” “The world has changed, we’ve become far more divided as a nation and the bases of each party have are far more demanding. And so I can’t predict with certainty, but I think she would be replaced," he said.
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