A note about the length of time for having a vacancy on the court: from 1972 through 1994, the only vacancy that lasted more than three months was when Bork and the first Ginsburg got knocked out and Kennedy was Reagan’s third choice for the vacancy in 1987.
I don’t remember how long it was until Roberts and Alito filled their vacancies, but it looks like Kagan and Sotomayor came in after roughly three-month vacancies.
The point is that for this vacancy to remain until probably late February at the earliest, after the hearings that’d follow a nomination after the inauguration--that would be unusual.
Also interesting: Lincoln got four men on the court, during a civil war, so they were confirmed without the participation of what, a third of the states?
On a whole different topic, I see Dallas and Tampa are playing the Stanley Cup Finals this week, in Edmonton. It’s a city that’s about as far as from those two cities as exists in the NHL.
I haven't blogged much about the NHL -- I guess with all the politics, lost interest in sports. Having said that, not looking good for Dallas at the moment, although I have no (emotional) skin in the game. This surprised me, though, about the Lightning:
The Lightning have qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs eleven times in twenty-seven completed seasons and won the 2004 Stanley Cup. The Tampa Bay Lightning have won over 900 regular season games, the 25th-highest victory total among NHL teams.
Back to the US Supreme Court. "Everybody" says Trump only has til November. In fact, win or lose, he and the US Senate have until early January, 2021. I know one very highly regarded justice said a president was elected for four years, not three.
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