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Originally Posted by belsarius
On another topic, why didn’t the republicans simply vote no on Garland in 2016. Doing a quick search it seemed to be a lot more prevalent that Justices were declined over refusals to vote at all.
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Its a good question. I always assumed it was because there would have still been sufficient time for Obama to nominate a replacement (even more than one replacement) before the election and that eventually the political pressure to confirm one of the nominees would become too strong? I don't know though. Is there a precedent in US history where a Senate just refused to confirm any of a President's nominees for the Supreme Court bench?
EDIT: only 11 nominees have not been confirmed by a Senate vote in US history.
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