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Amy Howe Editor/Reporter
Posted Sat, February 13th, 2016 11:55 pm
Supreme Court vacancies in presidential election years

In the wake of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, questions have arisen about whether there is a standard practice of not nominating and confirming Supreme Court Justices during a presidential election year. The historical record does not reveal any instances since at least 1900 of the president failing to nominate and/or the Senate failing to confirm a nominee in a presidential election year because of the impending election. In that period, there were several nominations and confirmations of Justices during presidential election years….

“…The historical record does not reveal any instances since at least 1900 of the president failing to nominate and/or the Senate failing to confirm a nominee in a presidential election year because of the impending election…”

Going back 116 years.

The right wingnut controlled U.S. Senate just makes stuff up. But, we already knew that.

Previously:

The world has changed (February 13, 2016)

Originalism in a time of argle-bargle (February 14. 2016)