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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 [6] The nomination was withdrawn by the President the ...
The nominations made by Lyndon B. Johnson to the Supreme Court of the United States are unusual in that Johnson appeared to have had specific individuals in mind for his appointments and actively sought to engineer vacancies on the Court to place those individuals on the court.
Confirmation requires a plurality of votes, and the Republicans could easily confirm their nominees if brought to the floor. Earlier in 2005, Democrats had blocked the nomination of 10 of George W. Bush's nominees, saying they were too conservative and that Republicans had blocked many of their nominees back in the 1990s. Frist then threatened ...
After the Supreme Court ruled against student loan forgiveness and affirmative action, Democrats should focus their attacks on abortion not issues unpopular with voters, writes David Mark.
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest ranking judicial body in the United States.Established by Article III of the Constitution, the Court was organized by the 1st United States Congress through the Judiciary Act of 1789, which specified its original and appellate jurisdiction, created 13 judicial districts, and fixed the size of the Supreme Court at six, with one chief justice ...
Democrats still reeling from two significant blows on the Supreme Court bench in recent years are trying to make sure they don't make it a third. Justice Stephen Breyer, who will be 83 later this ...
The president has the plenary power to nominate and to appoint, while the Senate possesses the plenary power to reject or confirm the nominee prior to their appointment. [1] [2] Of the 163 nominations that presidents have submitted for the court, 137 have progressed to a full-Senate vote. 126 were confirmed by the Senate, while 11 were rejected.
There are 26 more judicial nominees awaiting Senate action, of which 22 are district court nominees and four are appeals court nominees. If Democrats are able to confirm all of them before ...