David Hawkings’ Whiteboard: Election-Year Supreme Court Nominations – Roll Call

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David Hawkings’ Whiteboard: Election-Year Supreme Court Nominations

By Thomas McKinless

Posted February 23, 2016 at 6:40pm

By Thomas McKinless and David Hawkings

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With Senate Republicans condemning the president’s intention to bring in a new Supreme Court justice during his final year in office, Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings looks to the historical record to see if the GOP’s criticisms hold water.

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