Supreme Court vacancies in presidential election years(ScotusBlog)

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'In the wake of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, questions have arisen about whether there is a standard practice of not nominating and confirming Supreme Court Justices during a presidential election year. The historical record does not reveal any instances since at least 1900 of the president failing to nominate and/or the Senate failing to confirm a nominee in a presidential election year because of the impending election. In that period, there were several nominations and confirmations of Justices during presidential election years.'>>>

http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/supreme-court-vacancies-in-presidential-election-years/