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Anonymous ID: 4738ae Oct. 5, 2018, 9:21 a.m. No.3347904   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7931

On Supreme Court Justice nominations and cloture.

 

Cloture: motions to bring debate on Supreme Court nominations to a close have

been made on five occasions:

  1. 1968 Justice Abe Fortas (Cheif Justice) , the Senate failed to invoke cloture by a 45-43 vote, prompting President Johnson to withdraw the nomination.

 

  1. 1971 William H. Rehnquist (Associate Justice) , although the cloture motion failed by a (52-42) vote, Rehnquist was confirmed later the same day. (68-26)

 

  1. 1986 Associate Justice Rehnquist (Chief Justice) , with the Senate voting for cloture (68-31), and Justice Rehnquist subsequently was confirmed as Chief Justice. (65-33)

 

  1. 2006 Samuel A. Alito Jr (Associate Justice) , senate voted to invoke cloture by a (72-25) vote, and the next day it confirmed the Alito nomination by a vote of (58-42).

 

  1. 2017 Neil M. Gorsuch (Associate Justice) , a 55-45 vote on a motion to close debate on the nomination fell short of the super majority required under Senate rules—then three-fifths of the Senate’s full membership. Immediately thereafter, however, the Senate voted to reinterpret its cloture rule to allow cloture to be invoked on Supreme Court nominations by a simple majority. The Senate then, pursuant to the rule reinterpretation, voted a second time on the motion to close debate on the nomination, again by a (55-45) vote, which this time exceeded the majority required (now a simple majority). The next day, the Senate confirmed the Gorsuch nomination by a vote of (54-45).

 

  1. 2018 Brett M. Kavanaugh (Associate Justice) , senate voted to invoke cloture by a (51-49) vote.

 

  1. Justice Abe Fortas. failed to invoke cloture (45-43). nomination withdrawn

  2. William H. Rehnquist. failed to invoke cloture (52-42). confirmed (68-26)

  3. Associate Justice Rehnquist. invoked cloture (68-31). confirmed (65-33)

  4. Samuel A. Alito Jr. invoked cloture (72-25). confirmed (58-42)

  5. Neil M. Gorsuch. invoked cloture (55-45) {rule change to simple majority}. confirmed (54-45)

  6. Brett M. Kavanaugh. invoked cloture (51-49). pending . . .

 

Conclusion:

If cloture is invoked , the nomination is confirmed. (3/3)

 

>Welcome aboard, Justice K.

 

Supreme Court Nominations, 1789 to 2017: Actions by the Senate, the Judiciary Committee, and the President https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33225.pdf