http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/us-...nd-6828930.php
What people are saying:
From July 15 to September 6, the Senate will be in recess. If they don't confirm a justice by then, Obama will make a recess appointment.
Before it comes up, the SCOTUS held in 2014 that the president has a right to make appointments during any recess 10 days or longer.
To remain in effect, a recess appointment must be approved by the Senate by the end of the next session of Congress, or the position becomes vacant again; in current practice this means that a recess appointment must be approved by roughly the end of the next calendar year.
But they'll play tricks by holding a 2 minute bs day like they had been to get around that power before. Exactly what Harry Reid did in 2007.
Historically it has never taken more than like 3 months, though - it would have to take almost 4 times longer than even his last two appointments.
Time taken from nomination by president to confirmation by senate:
Kagan: 3 months
Sotomayor: 2 months
Alito: 2 months
Meirs: withdrawn same month
Roberts: 2 months (well, two attempts at one month each)
Breyer: 2 months
Ginsburg: 2 months
Thomas: 3 months
Souter: 3 months
Kennedy: 3 months
Bork: 3 months (rejected 1987)
Scalia: 3 months
Rehnquist: 3 months
...
Iredel: 2 days (1790)
So, modern times are all around 2-3 months.
Longest time from nomination to resolution was 125 days. Obama has 342 left in office.
Repubs say they want the next president to nominate the replacement.
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