Thread by @PiersonMcD, A Thread - The Last 3 End-of-Term POTUS Nominations for SCOTUS•October 31, [...]

A Thread - The Last 3 End-of-Term POTUS Nominations for SCOTUS

•October 31, 2005 - 1yr into his 2nd term POTUS GW Bush nominates Judge Samuel Alito for SOCTUS to succeed the retiring SCOTUS Sandra Day O’Connor. Dems cry foul, Senator Obama publicly leads filibuster.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/flashback-obama-tried-filibuster-bushs-supreme-aaron-bandler

Flashback: Obama Tried to Filibuster Bush’s Supreme Court Pick | The Daily Wire

President Barack Obama is planning on nominating a replacement to Justice Antonin Scalia and is starting to mount pressure against Senate Republicans to

https://www.dailywire.com/news/flashback-obama-tried-filibuster-bushs-supreme-aaron-bandler

•March 16, 2016 - 236 days before the end of his 2nd term POTUS Obama nominates Judge Merrick Garland for SCOTUS after SCOTUS Antonin Scalia died 1 month earlier. GOP cry foul, Sen McConnell denies Senate hearings. Unprecedented since USA’s post-Civil War Reconstruction era.

Article from 2018. https://www.npr.org/2018/06/29/624467256/what-happened-with-merrick-garland-in-2016-and-why-it-matters-now

What Happened With Merrick Garland In 2016 And Why It Matters Now

Back then, Mitch McConnell boasted: "One of my proudest moments was when I looked Barack Obama in the eye and I said, 'Mr. President, you will not fill the Supreme Court vacancy.' "

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/29/624467256/what-happened-with-merrick-garland-in-2016-and-why-it-matters-now

•September 26, 2020 - 39 days before the end of his 1st term POTUS Trump nominates Judge Amy Coney Barrett for SCOTUS after SCOTUS Ruth Bader Ginsburg died 9 days earlier. Dems cry foul, but POTUS & Senate majority GOP ask for dignity and a fair hearing.

End of thread - Last 3 End-of-Term POTUS Nominations for SCOTUS

History is still being written on this...

#SCOTUS #SCOTUSNomination #SCOTUSnominee https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/09/26/supreme-court-trump-biden-live-updates/

Supreme Court live updates: Trump expected to nominate Amy Coney Barrett at White House event

President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court sets up a bitter confirmation battle just weeks before the presidential election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/09/26/supreme-court-trump-biden-live-updates/

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