AP Explains: What happens with the Supreme Court vacancy?

The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has thrust the Senate into uncharted political terrain, with no recent precedent for a vacancy on the high court so close to a presidential election. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in a statement Friday night vowed that “President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate." CAN THE SENATE FILL THE SEAT BEFORE THE ELECTION?

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