President Reagan nominated Anthony Kennedy in November of 1987 and he was confirmed in February of that election year.
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Obama lamented the current status of obstructionism in Washington, particularly in the Senate. On Monday, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Rob Portman of OH each announced their opposition.
“At each pass, they took a hard line”.
“And they are certainly plausible candidates, but most of the talk inside D.C. and outside California is about Srinivasan”, said Bruce Cain, a political scientist with the Stanford Bill Lane Center.
“At the end of the day, President Obama is the answer to his own question, you know when he says, ‘what is the Senate going to do?'” Turley said.
“His death creates such a lack of stability in the court”, Little said.
“Memories tend to be short around here sometimes”, he said.
President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference following a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the Sunnylands estate on Feb.16, 2016, in Rancho Mirage.
“This is not the first time that Republicans have come out with a lot of bluster, only to have reality ultimately sink in”, the White House spokesman said.
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who chairs the judiciary committee, hasn’t ruled out a hearing for Obama’s forthcoming Supreme Court nominee. “The American public expects us to do the job we’re elected to do”.
Mr Schultz declined to speculate on names or strategy.
But they haven’t said exactly how they’ll treat an Obama nominee, and the president has made clear that he plans to tap someone for the high court.
Obama joined 24 other senators, led by Senator John Kerry, in a futile effort to filibuster the nomination of now-Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
“Schumer said we should wait until after the election and then let the next president nominate”, Republican Sen.
As Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog writes, Article II of Constitution gives the president that power and William J. Brennan, Jr., one of the most consequential justices in the Court’s history, began his time on the bench when President Dwight Eisenhower appointed him during a recess.
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Asked whether he thought the controversy over filling the court vacancy might endanger his re-election chances this fall, Mr. Grassley said, “I think I have a responsibility to perform, and I can’t worry about the election”.
