2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe longest Supreme Court confirmation process from nomination to resolution was Brandeis
Took 125 days. Obama has 342 days left in office.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Brandeis#Nominated_to_the_Supreme_Court
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)That is likely the minimum, depending on who wins the GE. And if it's us, it will depend on what the Senate races did. If they lose the Senate, they MIGHT just decide not to wait.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)obama will nominate someone above reproach. the rw gop will stomp up and down like two year olds, and they will lose the wh in a near landslide.
obama will not back down on this. i hope and hope.
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bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)democracy on full display. I have full faith Obama will chose someone great, and get them seated.
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)While I am sure he already has a short list of people at the ready there is some prep work that needs to be done before an announcement can be made. He won't have a pick ready until after the funeral anyways.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Karma13612
(4,554 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)futures. Warms my heart.
panader0
(25,816 posts)Respect might mean waiting until after the funeral.
TCJ70
(4,387 posts)...who's a Texas crazy, already had a post up of some resolution that he feels the Senate should use to hold up any Obama nominees. Didn't even wait 24 hours to try and hold up the country. Some patriot.
wyldwolf
(43,869 posts)mgmaggiemg
(869 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Stallion
(6,476 posts)no Republican could get re-elected if he allowed a pro-Life candidate get confirmed. No one
Karma13612
(4,554 posts)was brought up to consider:
Since this is an election year, and we can't easily forget 2000 (Nader was not the spoiler), what if it's a tie and we need the Supreme court to intervene on the election??
If there isn't an odd number (ie Scalia not replaced), what happens??
Is there a statue or law or something that says how long the SCOTUS can go without a full 9 justices seated??
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Without precedent.
Karma13612
(4,554 posts)Martin Eden
(12,874 posts)Add those days to 125, then subtract from 342.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)But that's good to know.
rurallib
(62,439 posts)am stealing - er - actually will cite this post.
Grassley is one of my worthless senators and he seems bound to stop all nominations until Cruz is sworn in.