共和党人静悄悄地发出警告，称失去参议院可能带来的真正后果之一，将会影响到法院和法律的构成，持续多年。
Republicans are quietly warning that the true consequence of losing the Senate could be one that shapes the makeup of courts and the law for years to come.
在竞选活动中，共和党候选人及其支持者警告称，如果民主党人在本轮选举中夺回国会，那么社会主义将会上升，而拜登时代的政策也将卷土重来。但有些人则传达出不同的信息：如果民民主党赢得参议院，他们将阻挠未来的最高法院提名人。
While Republican candidates and surrogates on the campaign trail are warning of a rise in socialism and a return to Biden-era policy should Democrats flip Congress this cycle, some are pushing a different message: if Democrats win the Senate, they’ll block future Supreme Court nominees. "I think the key over the next 34 days is bringing home Republicans.
“我认为接下来34天的关键是动员共和党人回来。我认为有必要提醒那些尚未振作起来的共和党人，最高法院已经上到了选票上，”蒙大拿州共和党参议员史蒂夫·戴恩斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。关于夏令时争论升级，推动停止调整时钟的举措遭遇参议院阻碍戴恩斯曾担任2024年全国共和党参议员选举委员会（NRSC）主席，在两年前的选举中发挥了关键作用翻换参议院。那次选举主要围绕经济问题展开，与当前的中期选举类似，民主党人也抓住了这一议题。
And I think it's important to remind some of these Republicans who are not energized yet that the Supreme Court's on the ballot," Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., told Fox News Digital. BATTLE OVER DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ERUPTS AS PUSH TO STOP CHANGING CLOCKS HITS SENATE WALL Daines, who chaired the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) in 2024, played a key role in flipping the Senate two years ago. That election was dominated by pocketbook issues, much like this midterm cycle, and Democrats have pounced upon that message.
但戴恩斯认为，最高法院以及参议院权力平衡的影响，是共和党人应该更加强调的一个信息。
But the Supreme Court and the implications of the balance of power in the Senate are a message Daines contended the GOP wasn't pushing enough.
“我已经向白宫提过这个问题了。这并不是一颗银子弹，而是几颗银色 buckshot，”戴恩斯说道，“共和党人应该讨论的议题有好几个。”
"I mentioned that to the White House.
如果特朗普无法在上院获得共和党多数，他说：“如果出现 vacancy，像索托马约尔、克莱恩斯·托马斯这样的人——我们可能无法通过，总统特朗普可能无法通过最高法院的法官。”
And it's — that's not a silver bullet, it's a silver buckshot," of several issues Republicans should be talking about, Daines said.
民主党人通过反对广泛使用的选民身份证，为共和党人提供了新的中期选举武器最高法院的法官们正变得年事已高，保守派的坚定法官们也日益年迈。最高法院法官克莱恩斯·托马斯（78岁）和塞缪尔·阿利托（76岁）正逼近八十岁的年纪。最高法院法官索尼娅·索托马约尔（72岁）和首席法官约翰·罗伯茨（71岁）也并非远远在后。"
If Trump doesn’t have a GOP majority in the upper chamber, he said, "if we have a vacancy, Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, who knows — we could not, President Trump could not move through a Supreme Court justice." DEMS HAND GOP FRESH MIDTERM WEAPON BY OPPOSING WIDELY USED VOTER ID The high court is aging, with conservative stalwarts on the bench, Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, 78, and Samuel Alito, 76, nearing octogenarian status. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, 72, and Chief Justice John Roberts, 71, aren’t that far behind.
我们所熟知的 supreme court 在特roy jackson、阿布德尔·埃尔萨伊德和詹姆斯·塔拉里科的领导下将不复存在，他们一心想要取而代之的是一个臃肿、法治荡然的机构，旨在推进民主党的社会主义议程," NRSC发言人贝娜迪特·布里斯林告诉福克斯新闻数字。
"The Supreme Court as we know it would cease to exist under Troy Jackson, Abdul El-Sayed and James Talarico, who are hell-bent on replacing it with a bloated, lawless body designed to advance Democrats’ socialist agenda," NRSC spokeswoman Bernadette Breslin told Fox News Digital.
自Alito在今年早些时候因NPR发布了一份宣布他退休的报道后，随后又迅速撤回该报道，围绕他的退休传闻一直在猜测。
Speculation has swirled over Alito after NPR earlier this year published a report declaring his retirement before swiftly retracting it.
然而，Alito在本月早些时候接受CBS采访时为此添了柴火。当被问及是否正在考虑退休时，他承认今年早些时候曾有过这种想法，并指出"这是一个我认为像我这个年龄的人每一届都必须思考的事情。"民主人士认为蓝色浪潮正在形成。以下是可能阻止它的3股力量。
Alito added some fuel to that fire, however, during an interview with CBS earlier this month. When asked if he was considering retirement, he admitted to considering it earlier this year, and noted that "it's something I think that somebody at my age has to think about every term." DEMOCRATS THINK A BLUE WAVE IS BUILDING. HERE ARE 3 FORCES THAT COULD STOP IT Democrats haven’t been keen to support several of Trump’s nominees for a variety of positions throughout the government over the last two years.
过去两年里，民主党人一直不愿支持特朗普在政府各个层级提名的多个人选。值得注意的是，去年共和党人改变参议院的规则，以推进一批被参议院少数领袖查克·舒默（民-纽约）及民主党人阻挡的提名人。
Notably, Republicans went nuclear last year to change the Senate’s rules to move through bundles of nominees that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Democrats were blocking. And Schumer suggested that a Supreme Court pick, should there be a vacancy, and other positions in the judiciary may suffer the same fate.
舒默还暗示，如果最高法院出现空缺，以及其他司法职位可能会遭遇同样的命运。"归根结底，我们之所以想要尽一切努力夺回参议院，其中一个原因就是不让特朗普在最高法院和下级法院上任这些可怕的法官、马加法（MAGA）法官,"舒默说。
"The bottom line is one of the reasons that we want to make sure we do everything we can to take back the Senate is not let Trump put such horrible justices, MAGA justices on the Supreme Court and the lower courts," Schumer said. Daines noted that sometimes voters look for a shortcut to head to the polls, and that the Supreme Court being a quiet issue on the ballot could very well be that path to energizing a Republican base to getting out and voting as the midterm cycle winds down.
戴恩斯指出，有时选民会寻找捷径去投票，而且最高法院作为选票上的一个静默议题，可能会成为激劲共和党基础选民在中期选举周期结束之际走出去投票的动力。
"Without a Republican majority, President Trump will not be able to move his Supreme Court nominee through, and that's a nominee that'll be on the bench for 25 years," Daines said.
戴恩斯说：“如果没有共和党多数席位，特朗普总统将无法让他的最高法院提名人获得通过，而这位提名人将在法官席上坐25年。”“我们需要共和党人将这些点联系起来。德克萨斯州心怀不满的共和党人回家投票给肯·帕克斯顿，因为最高法院正在投票。"
"We need Republicans to connect those dots. Disgruntled Republicans in Texas, come home and vote for Ken Paxton, because the Supreme Court's on the ballot."