Looking back over the past eight nominations, half were from Democratic presidents and half from Republican presidents, yet the percentage of opposition votes were lopsided.
The four Democrat-appointed justices currently on the Supreme Court received a combined 88 affirmative votes from Republican senators, while receiving 79 negative votes.
Do the same math for Democratic senators voting on Republican nominees, and you get a different result: Of all the votes by Senate Democrats in consideration of the four Republican nominees, 79 percent were in opposition.
These numbers don't include the most partisan nomination vote of modern history, when Democrats held a solid Senate majority and voted down Robert Bork on purely ideological grounds in 1987.
The only two nominees from the Left to face strong opposition were Kagan's 36 Nay votes in 2010 and Sotomayor's 31 Nay votes in 2009.
Even David Souter suffered nine votes of opposition from Democrats during his 1990 confirmation, despite what was ultimately one of the more liberal voting records on the Court.
Recent history shows that Democrats will vote strongly against your nominee regardless whether that person is principled or pragmatic, experienced or novice, moderate or conservative.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/its-not-both-sides-democrats-far-more-partisan-in-supreme-court-votes
The four Democrat-appointed justices currently on the Supreme Court received a combined 88 affirmative votes from Republican senators, while receiving 79 negative votes.
Do the same math for Democratic senators voting on Republican nominees, and you get a different result: Of all the votes by Senate Democrats in consideration of the four Republican nominees, 79 percent were in opposition.
These numbers don't include the most partisan nomination vote of modern history, when Democrats held a solid Senate majority and voted down Robert Bork on purely ideological grounds in 1987.
The only two nominees from the Left to face strong opposition were Kagan's 36 Nay votes in 2010 and Sotomayor's 31 Nay votes in 2009.
Even David Souter suffered nine votes of opposition from Democrats during his 1990 confirmation, despite what was ultimately one of the more liberal voting records on the Court.
Recent history shows that Democrats will vote strongly against your nominee regardless whether that person is principled or pragmatic, experienced or novice, moderate or conservative.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/its-not-both-sides-democrats-far-more-partisan-in-supreme-court-votes
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