High Court Vacancy Triggers Big Money Ad War in Election Runup

Barely three days after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, people across the country were greeted with an ad teeing up the confirmation fight to come in the U.S. Senate regarding her replacement on the Supreme Court.

“You’ll hear noise from extremists about the Supreme Court vacancy,” the narrator reads, over images of Senate Democrats. “Here are the facts. Justice Ginsburg was confirmed in 42 days. Only three senators voted against her,” the ad continues, flashing an an image of Ginsburg. “Justice O’Connor was confirmed in 33 days. It was unanimous.”

That ad from the Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative ...