[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 165 (Wednesday, September 23, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5827-S5828]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS

  Mrs. LOEFFLER. Madam President, Mrs. Kelly Loeffler, of Georgia, 
rejects the assertion by Mr. Chuck Schumer, of New York, that there is 
no precedent for a Supreme Court justice being confirmed after July 1 
in a Presidential election year.
  In fact on three separate occasions, a duly-elected President 
appointed and the Senate confirmed a Supreme Court justice in a 
Presidential election year: John Hessin Clarke: confirmed by the Senate 
on July 24, 1916; George Shiras, Jr.: confirmed by the Senate on July 
26, 1892; and Melville Fuller: confirmed by the Senate on July 20, 
1888.
  The Constitution does not limit the President's nomination powers 
during the fourth year of his term.
  I support President Donald J. Trump's decision to nominate a justice

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to the Supreme Court who will uphold the rule of law and the 
Constitution as written. I look forward to performing my constitutional 
duty to advise and consent on his nominee before November 3, 2020.

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