There are 191 days -- or 6 months and 8 days -- between Justice Kennedy's retirement announcement on June 27, 2018, and the swearing in of new U.S. Senators on January 3, 2019.
This is how long Democrats must hold off on voting for a new SCOTUS Justice.
This is how long Democrats must hold off on voting for a new SCOTUS Justice.
Merrick Garland was nominated for Justice on March 16, 2016. The nomination remained before the Republican-led Senate for 293 days without being acted on. It expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress.
IMO the disparity between these two situations -- 293 days for Garland with no action v. 191 days for a TBA nominee with no action until a new Senate class is sworn in -- means McConnell's "let the people decide" stand should apply for this nomination process.
