SCOTUS Confirmation by November 'No Slam Dunk,' Experts Warn

(Joshua Roberts/Reuters)

By    |   Sunday, 01 July 2018 06:55 PM EDT ET

Even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's willingness to invoke the nuclear option over President Trump's next Supreme Court nominee is no guarantee Republicans will swear in a new Justice before voters flock to the polls in November, pundits and experts interviewed by Newsmax say.

Former Ohio Secretary of State and Trump transition adviser Kenneth Blackwell puts the likelihood of confirmation prior to November at a strong-but-not-certain 65 percent.

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