Soon after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death Senate Chairman Chuck Grassley(R-Iowa) said, “The fact of the matter is that it’s been standard practice over the last 80 years to not confirm Supreme Court nominees during a presidential election year.”The chairman should have done his homework before getting this wrong.The “80 years” talking point spread like wildfire in Republican circles– it was repeated by Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio during Saturday night’s debate – to the point that the GOP has convinced itself that at no point in the modern era has the Senate confirmed a Supreme Court justice in an election year.THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT 14 justices were confirmed in election years, perhaps the most pertinent example is Justice Anthony Kennedy. As the Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne noted this morning: A Senate controlled by Democrats confirmed President Reagan’s nomination of Anthony Kennedy on a 97 to 0 vote in February 1988, which happened to be an election year. -- Zombie THSMB

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Date Posted: 08:31:50 02/15/16 Mon
Author: Yes, in Reagan’s eighth year, 9 months before Election Day 1988, the Democratic Senate confirmed Kennedy.

If this were December the Republicans would have a leg to stand on, but it’s mid-February, and the Senate’s to-do list is quite thin. History isn’t on their side – and neither is the calendar.
Subject: Soon after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death Senate Chairman Chuck Grassley(R-Iowa) said, “The fact of the matter is that it’s been standard practice over the last 80 years to not confirm Supreme Court nominees during a presidential election year.”

The chairman should have done his homework before getting this wrong.

The “80 years” talking point spread like wildfire in Republican circles– it was repeated by Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio during Saturday night’s debate – to the point that the GOP has convinced itself that at no point in the modern era has the Senate confirmed a Supreme Court justice in an election year.

THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT 14 justices were confirmed in election years, perhaps the most pertinent example is Justice Anthony Kennedy. As the Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne noted this morning: A Senate controlled by Democrats confirmed President Reagan’s nomination of Anthony Kennedy on a 97 to 0 vote in February 1988, which happened to be an election year.
In reply to: 's message, "Senate Republicans could have dealt with the Antonin Scalia vacancy in a smart, tactical way. In their knee-jerk zeal, they blew it." on 06:18:54 02/15/16 Mon

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