All This Is That: GOP-Tea Party Fact Check on nominations in a President's final year

Monday, February 15, 2016

GOP-Tea Party Fact Check on nominations in a President's final year

By Mona Goldwater

Justice Scalia was nominated by President Reagan in July 1986. He was confirmed September 17th, a month and a half before Election Day (when Democrats regained control of the Senate). As Charles Clymer wrote recently "When things go their way, the system is working just fine. When the rules are inconvenient, the Constitution suddenly becomes a living document open to interpretation."

Photo: RWR and Scalia after the nomination announcement.

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