09-21-2020, 07:53 PM
(09-21-2020, 07:17 PM)BigPapaKain Wrote: Let's see...Well geez, I sure bungled that one! lmao!!
* 1955 - John Marshall Harlan II - Nominated by Eisenhower (Republican), confirmed by the Senate (Democrats).
* 1957 - William Brennan Jr - Nominated by Eisenhower (Republican), confirmed by the Senate (Democrats).
* 1957 - Charles Evans Whittaker - Nominated by Eisenhower (Republican), confirmed by the Senate (Democrats).
* 1959 - Potter Stewart - Nominated by Eisenhower (Republican), confirmed by the Senate (Democrats).
* 1969 - Warren E Burger - Nominated by Nixon (Republican), confirmed by the Senate (Democrats).
* 1970 - Harry Blackmum - Nominated by Nixon (Republican), confirmed by the Senate (Democrats).
* 1971 - Lewis F. Powell Jr - Nominated by Nixon (Republican), confirmed by the Senate (Democrats).
* 1971 - William Rehnquist - Nominated by Nixon (Republican), confirmed by the Senate (Democrats).
* 1975 - John Paul Stevens - Nominated by Nixon (Republican), confirmed by the Senate (Democrats).
* 1987 - Anthony Kennedy - Nominated by Reagan (Republican), confirmed by the Senate (Democrats).
* 1990 - David Souter - Nominated by G.W. Bush (Republican), confirmed by the Senate (Democrats).
* 1991 - Clarence Thomas - Nominated by G.W. Bush (Republican), confirmed by the Senate (Democrats).
[SOURCE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nominations_to_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States)
I am unable to find any examples in the past 100 years of Republicans returning the favor. It looks like the only time this "rule" applies is against Democrats. You have to go back to Grover ***** Cleveland in 1895 to find a Democratic President nominating a Supreme Court justice and having it confirmed by a Republican Senate.
The 1 time in 100 years that a Democrat tried to nominate a Justice with a Republican Senate and suddenly "*OMG no people are voting later this year and we need to hear the voice of the people in this!*" Now here we are with **PEOPLE VOTING NOW** and Republicans are lying and trying to pretend it's anything but what it really is. Republicans will do what they can get away with. That's all. Everyone else with their principles and arguments of what's the right thing to do can get ******.
