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By The New Yorker August 5, 2010 With just enough Republicans joining Democrats to avoid filibusters, the Senate today passed a major public-jobs bill and confirmed Justice Elena Kagan to be a Supreme Court Justice.
With just enough Republicans joining Democrats to avoid filibusters, the Senate today passed a major public-jobs bill and confirmed Justice Elena Kagan to be a Supreme Court Justice.
Small wonder that Dobson later spoke of conferring with Karl Rove about the abortive nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court and, moreover, that he received a fawning letter from the newly confirmed justice Samuel Alito thanking him for his support.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito joined newly confirmed Justice Neil Gorsuch in his dissent.
The Senate confirmed Justice Anthony Kennedy in 1988, during President Ronald Reagan's final year in office.
It was not until June 1970 that the Senate confirmed Justice Harry M. Blackmun to replace Fortas.
Even after Robert Bork was blocked in 1987 for his right-wing views, the Senate routinely confirmed justices on a bipartisan basis.
On six occasions during the 20th century, the Senate confirmed justices during a presidential election year; in a seventh, a justice was given a recess appointment and confirmed the following year.
Still, in an interview during a break, Mr. Hatch said he was having a harder time making up his mind about how to vote on Ms. Kagan's confirmation than he did last year, when he voted against confirming Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
In 1988, for example, Sen. Mitch McConnell voted to confirm Justice Anthony Kennedy.
"We will vote to confirm Justice Kennedy's successor this fall," McConnell said on Wednesday.
