-- A rather pointed statement on SCOTUS vacancy from Senator Warren --

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53. More Empty Talk

I love how the Republican candidates all touted Scalia's "originalism" views then claim that in the last 80 years, falsely, that no justice had been confirmed in a election year. To be consistent would not an originalism person then look at the first 80 years? In those years we had Samuel Clarke confirmed on 2/4/1796, Oliver Ellsworth confirmed 3/8/1796, Alfred Moore confirmed on 4/21/1800 and Philip Pendleton Barbour confirmed on 5/12/1836. Outside that window, we had George Shiras confirmed on 10/10/1892 and John Hessinclarke confirmed on 10/9/1916. Both of these were confirmed less than 1 month before the election. The Republicans are standing in quicksand here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_Justices_by_time_in_office