Julie with a B

Wednesday, July 27, 2005
 
Supreme Court nominees - not all are confirmed
As a matter of fact, almost one third of those nominated were not confirmed. Not the slam dunk the administration says is "traditional".

Since the Court was established in 1789, how many Supreme Court nominees submitted to the Senate were not confirmed?
2
13
27 You Are Correct
36

27 of the 150 people nominated to sit as a justice on the Supreme Court have failed to reach Senate confirmation. The first nominee to be rejected by the Senate was John Rutledge in 1795.

(Rutledge, Rutledge, name sounds familiar but I just can't place it.)

- posted by JulieB @ 10:12 AM
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