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Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by robotresearcher on Friday September 18, 2020 @08:10PM (#24523220)
The Senate, not congress.

"[The president] shall nominate, and by and with the [...] Consent of the Senate, shall appoint [...] Judges of the supreme Court"

https://www.senate.gov/history/powers.htm

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Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by tick_tock_tick on Friday September 18, 2020 @08:26PM (#24523388)
Yes and there is tons of case law on what the Senate actually needs to do and the result is "fuck all". The Federal government is designed to gridlock rather then forcing things to happen.
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