History Of Failed Supreme Court Nominations Goes All The Way Back To George Washington
Just because a president nominates a justice doesn't always mean they'll make it to the bench.
President Trump says he plans to announce his Supreme Court pick Monday. That nominee could replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, who is retiring. But as history shows, just because a president nominates a justice doesn’t mean they’ll always make it to the court.
Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson takes a look back at failed Supreme Court nominations with Ed Ayers (@edward_l_ayers) and Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755), co-hosts of the podcast “BackStory,” which is produced at Virginia Humanities.
Since it was established in 1789, presidents have nominated 162 people to the Supreme Court, but only 125 have been confirmed. Turns out, there’s a long history of fights over who gets on the bench,
