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On April 6, 2017, when considering the nomination of Neil Gorsuch, in a party-line vote the Republican Senate majority invoked the so-called "nuclear option", voting to reinterpret Senate Rule XXII and change the cloture vote threshold for Supreme Court nominations to a simple majority of senators present and voting.
The first recorded instance in which formal hearings are known to have been held on a Supreme Court nominee by a Senate committee were held by the Judiciary Committee in December 1873, on the nomination of George Henry Williams to become chief justice (after the committee had reported the nomination to the Senate with a favorable recommendation ...
Ticket for the March 2017 Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Gorsuch's nomination was first considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which holds hearings on all federal judicial nominations and decides whether or not to send nominations to the full Senate for a final confirmation vote. [35]
Many Republicans remain hardened by the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who faced accusations of sexual assault soon after his appointment that he vehemently denied.
Live updates provided by theGrio‘s Gerren Keith Gaynor, Managing Editor of Politics and Washington Correspondent, and Natasha S. Alford, Senior The post LIVE UPDATES DAY 1: Confirmation Hearing ...
UPDATED with latest: The Senate Judiciary Committee will continue its Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday at 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT at the Hart Senate Office ...
Among the six original nominees to the Supreme Court, George Washington nominated Robert H. Harrison, who declined to serve. [5] The seat remained empty until the confirmation of James Iredell in 1790. Washington nominated William Paterson for the Supreme Court on February 27, 1793. [6] The nomination was withdrawn by the President the ...
Embattled Senate Republicans took advantage of the spotlight at Tuesday's confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's third Supreme Court nominee to tout election concerns like healthcare ...