*MCCONNELL: I CANNOT AND WILL NOT SUPPORT JUDGE JACKSON
The last time Mitch McConnell voted for a Democratic nominee to the Supreme Court was in 1994 for Stephen Breyer, the same justice Ketanji Brown Jackson clerked for and has been nominated to replace.
(McConnell voted against Kagan and Sotomayor and blocked a vote on Merrick Garland.) senate.gov/legislative/no…
Voting for Supreme Court nominees of the other party was pretty common in the previous century. But Roberts is the only pick to get more than 70 votes since 2000 (78).
Most sitting senators, including Schumer & Durbin, have *never* voted for a SCOTUS justice of the other party.
Most sitting senators, including Schumer & Durbin, have *never* voted for a SCOTUS justice of the other party.
This also reflects nearly fully-sorted parties. There are very few abortion-rights-supporting Rs and vice versa, and that's a red-line issue for many primary voters in both parties.
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