Mitch McConnell Voted To Confirm A Supreme Court Justice In Reagan's Final Year

[cal04]

So did EVERY single Republican Senator, including Grassley

Barely an hour after the news broke Saturday of the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made it clear that he has no intention of letting President Barack Obama replace the conservative icon.

“The American people? should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice," McConnell said in a statement. "Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President."

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On Feb. 3, 1988, McConnell and literally every other GOP senator voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. This was during President Ronald Reagan's last year in the White House, and at a time when Democrats controlled the Senate. Kennedy was confirmed 97-0, with three Democrats -- Joe Biden, Al Gore and Paul Simon -- not voting at all because, presumably, they were busy running for president that year.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who currently chairs the Judiciary Committee, was among those Saturday arguing that the Senate isn't obligated to confirm Supreme Court picks when it's a president's last year in office.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-supreme-court-antonin-scalia_us_56bfcde2e4b08ffac1259285?lps3jtt9

[elleng]

1. Thanks. This history is interesting and useful.

[Wounded Bear]

2. K & R ...... nt

[JEB]

3. Grassley can drop dead too.

Kissinger, Cheney, Rumsey. So many of these fuckers are approaching the end. May be the world's best hope.

[Chichiri]

4. Uh, Mitch? The American people had their say back in 2012. nt

[msanthrope]

5. Yes. But that was for a white president. nt