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President Trump has said he will press ahead with plans to nominate a new Supreme Court judge. Democrats have criticised the president's plan. What are their options in preventing a replacement being named before the presidential election in November? Elie Honig, a former state and federal prosecutor, assesses their chances, and how the president's choice - likely to be a conservative - could affect the balance of power in the Supreme Court.

Photo: Tributes to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died of pancreatic cancer on 18 September, left outside the Langdell Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Credit: CJ Gunther / EPA