What are the odds ??

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9. One-third of all Presidents have appointed a Justice during a Presidential election year.

14 Presidents have appointed 21 Justices during a Presidential election year -- six of them even though their Presidential successors had already been elected. This is the first time in history that the opposing party has refused to consider any nominee.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/02/29/one-third-of-all-u-s-presidents-appointed-a-supreme-court-justice-in-an-election-year/

The historical record supports that position: 14 presidents have appointed 21 justices during presidential election years. A half-dozen presidents, classic lame ducks, filled Supreme Court seats even though their successors had been elected.

These six lame duck presidents appointed Supreme Court justices – before their successors took office