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Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by gamblor956 on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:51PM (#24524506)
No, the fundamental issue is that McConnell was the first and only Senate Leader to ever prevent a vote on a SCOTUS nominee, so there were no confirmation hearings at all.
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Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by erichocean on Saturday September 19, 2020 @12:18AM (#24525011)
> There have been 37 unsuccessful nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States. Of these, 11 nominees were rejected in Senate roll-call votes, 11 were withdrawn by the president, and 15 lapsed at the end of a session of Congress.

Note: 15 nominations were not voted on by the Senate, including Merrick Garland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsuccessful_nominations_to_th...

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Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by gamblor956 on Saturday September 19, 2020 @03:43AM (#24525872)
In all of those 15 they had hearings. They simply didn't get to the point of voting on confirmation.
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