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If POTUS doesn't name a candidate to fill a SCOTUS vacancy, can the Senate fill the seat?
If the President doesn't name a candidate to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, can the Senate fill the seat, anyway?
If Biden were to win re-election, the Republicans take the Senate, and a Supreme Court ...
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Why don't politicians appoint young and healthy ideological fresh graduates as Supreme Court justices?
Supreme Court justices are often chosen not solely based on their professional skills and reputation, but also based on their political orientation in order to advance certain ideology. One example is ...
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If a US supreme court nominee is selected by political opportunism, does the nominee ignoring that demonstrate insufficient ethics for the job?
US Supreme Court justices are procedurally nominated by one politician (US president) and then interviewed, vetted and ultimately approved or rejected by about one hundred other politicians (US Senate ...
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What kind of documents are being requested in the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearing?
In the (currently on-going) Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearing there is some disagreement about which documents should be released; this answer gives a good overview of the situation. Quoting from ...
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Has a US President ever nominated a sibling to the federal courts or the Supreme Court?
Judge Maryanne Trump Barry presides on the 4th federal circuit Court of Appeals, and certainly has all the traditional requirements for appointment to the SCOTUS, except perhaps one--she's 79 years ...
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