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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday that the Senate should wait until a new president is elected to confirm a replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia, whose sudden death Saturday shook Washington and threatened to reshape the 2016 presidential race.
Democrats said that with 11 months left in Mr. Obama’s tenure, the Senate has enough time — and indeed an obligation — to confirm a replacement.
Mr. McConnell, though, said voters must be given a say in the matter, and that means picking a president who will nominate the replacement.
“The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president,” the Kentucky Republican said in a statement.
originally posted by: xuenchen
The longest vacancy in the SCOTUS was less than 3 months I think.
originally posted by: links234
originally posted by: xuenchen
The longest vacancy in the SCOTUS was less than 3 months I think.
You go back far enough and the longest vacancy was more than 2 years between 1844 and 1846. With an additional vacancy between 1843 and 1845. So there were only 7 justices for a period of time.
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It would be unprecedented in the modern era to have a vacancy that long.
originally posted by: neo96
originally posted by: Gryphon66
a reply to: neo96
So you're against the Constitution on the matter of the Supreme Court's powers and organization?
Fair enough.
Works for anti gun LEFT.
Why can't I be?