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Tag: Supreme Court nominations

Supreme Court nominees who were rejected: Lessons from history

February 18, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Courts, History, Politics, Supreme Court [SCOTUS] 2 comments

In the 227-year history of the Supreme Court, about 80% of nominees have been confirmed. But the road to confirmation can be rocky, and

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Arlen Specter, part of a vanishing breed

October 24, 2012 Arthur Lieber Civil Rights, Democrats, Reproductive rights, Senate, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

It’s somewhat like evolution – eventually a certain species just dies away. Perhaps the specie that former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter was most like

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Charting questions for Supreme Court nominees, 1939 to 2010

August 31, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Courts, Politics Leave a comment

What do Senators on the Judiciary Committee really want to talk about, when they interrogate nominees for the US Supreme Court?  In recent years,

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