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Bob Goodlatte
stated on February 15, 2016 in :
"It’s highly unusual to have a Supreme Court confirmation in a presidential election year. The last one was 1940."
By Sean Gorman
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February 22, 2016
Richard Blumenthal
stated on February 15, 2016 in :
"There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.
•
February 18, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2016 in :
Says "the one person (Donald Trump) has suggested that would make a good justice is his sister, who is a court of appeals judge appointed by Bill Clinton. She is a hardcore pro-abortion liberal judge."
By Lauren Carroll
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February 16, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2016 in :
"It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year."
By Jon Greenberg
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February 14, 2016
Marco Rubio
stated on February 14, 2016 in :
"There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating" both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges.
By Linda Qiu
•
February 14, 2016
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