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Pennsylvania Republican Congressmen Spotlight Sen. Casey's Hypocrisy on Confirming SCOTUS Nominees

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In the midst of the partisan fight over confirming President Trump’s eventual nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, Republican members of Pennsylvania’s delegation in the House of Representatives wrote to Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey (D), urging him to support holding hearings for the eventual nominee.

The lawmakers corrected the revisionist history being pushed by Sen. Casey and other Democrats on the precedent of confirming justices during election years, as he refuses to draw a distinction between the circumstances in 2016 and 2020:

“There have been eight instances in American history when a Supreme Court vacancy opened  during a presidential election year, the White House and the Senate were controlled by the same  party, and the president nominated someone that year. In every instance but one, the nominees  were confirmed by the Senate,” the congressmen write. “In 2016, with a divided government, Senate Republicans, consistent with the Senate’s historical  precedent, voiced their opposition to the confirmation of Judge Garland. There have now been  seven instances in American history when a Supreme Court vacancy opened during a  presidential election year, the White House and the Senate were controlled by the same party,  and the president nominated someone that year.”

The group of GOP congressmen pointed to Sen. Casey’s previous comments on confirming a justice during an election year from just four years ago when Senate Republicans declined to hold hearings for President Obama’s final nominee, on account of divided government:

“The President has done his job as is proscribed under the Constitution, and it’s time for  Senate Republicans to commit to doing their job by giving this nominee a fair hearing  and a timely vote,” Sen. Caesy said in 2016. “The Constitution is clear. Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution explicitly requires the  President to select a nominee for any vacancy to the Supreme Court, and the Senate to  advise and consent on that nominee.”

Despite Democrats’ best efforts to halt the process of confirming the eventual nominee, Senate Republicans appear to have the votes to move forward. President Trump is set to nominate one of his potential appointees on Saturday.

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