Claim: In a 2016 interview, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said of the nomination of Merrick Garland to the High Court: "Nothing in the Constitution prevents a president from nominating to fill a court seat. That's their job. There's nothing in the Constitution that says the president stops being president in his last year."
Fact-check: Did RBG Say the Senate Was Obligated to Assess Merrick Garland?
Verdict: mostly true
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Nur Ibrahim
Date published: 2020-09-23T14:38:20