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01/25/20

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Remember - there was an empty Supreme Court seat and President Obama's candidate, Merrick Garland was NOT EVEN INTERVIEWED by the Senate - no confirmation hearing at all. Who got that seat? how did that happen - keep these things in mind as you read. As justices retire, the President of the United States will nominate replacements who support his viewpoints thus shaping the courts and laws for decades. Think about the process!!

What happened during the confirmation of the latest Justice Brett Kavanaugh? How might his confirmation change the court and decisions?

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Answer 1

When any Supreme Court Justice ha to be appointed , he or he has to be nominated by the President and approved by the Senate. March 16, 2016, President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to fill the vacant seat in the Supreme Court of the USA. There was no consensus on the nomination of Merrick Garland. As the nomination was done in the election year, thus the majority of the Senate members were not in favor of confirming this nomination. Most of them favored that once the new president is elected, it should be his or her right to nominate the judge for the vacant position. No decision was taken by the senate and on January 3, 2017, wit the end of 114^th Congress, the nomination of Garlan got expired and new president Donald Trump nominated Nei Gorsuch and he was confirmed by the Senate on April 2017

Judge Kavanaugh was nominated by President Trump and the voting was done for his appointment in the senate where the member voted as per their party line and the nomination got approval with a very thin majority of 50 to 48 votes

The confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh was done during the midterm election and there was a tough fight between the two parties to win the majority in the house but Republicans were successful in winning the slim Senate majority. There was a bitter fight between the parties on this nomination and      

References-

Savage, David G. (November 8, 2014). "Obama unlikely to alter Supreme Court ideology with Republican Senate". LA Times. Retrieved March 12, 2016

Martin, Jonathan; Healy, Patrick (February 16, 2016). "Supreme Court Path Is Littered With Pitfalls, for President and G.O.P." The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2016

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