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Did SCOTUS have the authority to rule on McConnell's refusal to allow Obama to fill a SCOTUS vacancy?
In 2016, the death of Justice Scalia created an opening in the Supreme Court. Senate Majority Leader McConnell announced he would not grant a hearing for any candidate proposed by then-President Obama....
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Why would the Senate not confirm a SCOTUS nominee?
Why would the Senate ever not confirm a SCOTUS nominee? The same President would just appoint someone else, so it will be someone else with the same ideology. Does it basically mean "This person ...
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Does the US public find credible excuses by some Senators that Justices who overturned Roe had misled them in Senate hearings?
Two or even three US Senators have said that [future] justices that ultimately overturned Roe had essentially lied to them, or at least seriously misled them in the Senate hearings on their ...
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Can the Senate confirm a SCOTUS nominee before the seat is vacant?
The media is reporting that Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire at the end of this year's court term.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer issued the following statement regarding the confirmation ...
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What are the minimal criteria required to be appointed as a Supreme Court Justice by the U.S. President? [duplicate]
What are the minimal criteria required to be appointed as a Supreme Court Justice by the U.S. President? Do you have to serve a certain year? What's the minimum position you must have held? I see that ...
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Why is nobody in the Amy Coney Barrett hearings wearing masks?
I was watching the Amy Coney Barrett hearings yesterday (October 12; today is October 13th 2020), and I noticed how none of the senators present were wearing masks. In her address, Kamala Harris, ...
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Is there historical precedent for the US Senate to confirm a SCOTUS nominee from a POTUS of their own party in an election year?
There is debate over whether it is right for Donald Trump to try to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the SCOTUS now, because the election is coming up. Republican Senator Mitt Romney said he will still ...
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What did Ted Kennedy mean when he referred to "the muck of Irangate" and "the muck of Watergate"?
After Robert Bork's nomination as a Supreme Court justice, Sen. Ted Kennedy took the floor and declared:
Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into
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How did the Kavanaugh confirmation move so quickly despite the serious allegations?
I did not pay attention to the news for a few days and am completely confused now. Last I saw, Kavanaugh was in the midst of his sexual assault hearings. I thought Trump had said he would let a ...
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Why weren't allegations based on Judge Kavanaugh's 1983 yearbook, raised during his nomination in 2006 to the DC Circuit?
I refer only to the allegations based on the Hon. Judge Kavanaugh's 1983 yearbook from Georgetown Preparatory School (like 'Renate Alumnus', and alcoholic consumption slang), and not those that were ...
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Is there any talk to change the nomination process for the SCOTUS?
I have previously asked why the SCOTUS (Supreme Court Of The United States) nomination and confirmation process is what it is.
What I gather is that it ideally is a way to keep the Judicial branch ...
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Why can't the Republican party force a vote on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh?
In the related question What do Democrats have to gain, politically, by preventing Brett Kavanaugh's appointment to the Supreme Court? various aspects of how the Democrats benefit from delaying the ...
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What criteria is used for a Supreme Court nomination while in Senate Judiciary Committee?
I have a policies and procedures question. I've been watching Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee on television. I'm having a hard time finding reading on the ...
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Can a lame duck Senate confirm a SCOTUS nominee?
Given that a number of reasons for delaying a vote on the confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court have come up, it may happen that they will not be resolved until after the mid-term ...
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Why didn't Barack Obama try to force the Senate to hold hearings on SCOTUS nominee Merrick Garland?
US Constitution Article 2 says this about the appointments to the Supreme Court:
[the President] shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent
of the Senate, shall appoint (...) Judges ...
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