After Scalia, Parties Flip on Senate’s ‘Duty’ on Nominations
- Democrats who hoped to block Bush's judges now crying foul
- Republicans demanded floor votes and fair process a decade ago
Supreme Court: What’s the State of Play Post-Scalia?
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death has already revealed an essential truth about Washington: No issue prompts more blatant flip-flops than the prospect of putting someone on the Supreme Court.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s declaration that the next president should fill Scalia’s seat is the culmination of years of intensifying power politics over court picks -- a far cry from a generation ago when the Senate installed Justice Anthony Kennedy by a 97-0 vote in a presidential election year.