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How many times has the Senate refused nominees for the Supreme Court?
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∙ 12y ago
Of 159 total nominations, the Senate has voted confirmation 123 times* and either explicitly rejected by vote (12), withdrawn (11), tabled (10), or postponed indefinitely (3) nominations.
The total not confirmed is 36, or 22.6%. If you factor out the eleven candidates whose names were withdrawn by Presidents, only 25 or 15.7%, were directly eliminated by the Senate. Since withdrawals were primarily caused by political pressure and an indication the nominee would be rejected if his or her name was sent to the floor for a vote, the total number rejected by the Senate depends on your definition of "rejected."
*This number includes 112 past and present justices, as well as seven who were confirmed but declined to serve, and a few who were initially rejected (sometimes more than once), but later confirmed. There is some cross-over between categories, so the numbers represent nominations, not nominees.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoAccording to US.Senate.gov, there have been a total of 159 US Supreme Court nominations, of which 123, or 77.4%, have been confirmed by Senate vote. The proportion of acceptances is approximately 3:4.
These data include candidates who were nominated more than once; candidates confirmed who declined to serve; candidates elevated from Associate Justice to Chief Justice (or not); and candidates whose nominations were withdrawn or tabled.
Of those confirmed, seven subsequently declined to serve while 111 assumed the bench. Only 12 of 154 (7.5%) were actually rejected by Senate vote; the remaining 24 nominations were either withdrawn (sometimes more than once), or their nomination was tabled. The proportion of nominations actively rejected by vote (12) to nominations disposed of in other ways (24) is 1:2.
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∙ 12y agoTwelve nominees have actually been rejected by a vote in the Senate. Some 24 others withdrew or had their nominations withdrawn after it seemed likely that they would be rejected if it came to a vote.
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