Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell is known for supporting the appointments of conservative judges to the federal courts. He also has played a key role in Supreme Court nominations. In 2016, he refused to allow a vote on Pres. Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court and was instrumental in securing the confirmations of Pres. Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominees Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.
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