Article III of the U.S. Constitution states that when a vacancy occurs on the U.

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Article III of the U.S. Constitution states that when a vacancy occurs on the U.S. Supreme Court the president shall nominate a qualified individual to fill that vacancy subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the U.S. Senate.

Discuss in some detail each of the several steps taken within the White House to select a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court and the several steps taken in the U.S. Senate that may result in confirmation or rejection of a nominee to the high court. In writing your response do some research and include information on examples of at least three supreme court nominees that were confirmed or were not confirms in the past fifty years, explain the political reasons why they were acceptable or nor acceptable.

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there are mainly three steps to choose a justice of the united states supreme court

(a) he must be nominated by the president of the US.

(b) then his nomination needs to be approved by the Senate.

(c) and finally, the president appoints him to the court.

but here we are mainly discussing the steps taken in the Senate to select a nominee for the justice of the US supreme court.

as the American constitution does not specify any qualification for the appointment of a supreme court judge the president can nominate any individual for this post however the main teps are taken in the senate to nominate the person who is going to be the next judge of the supreme court

once the prsident interviews the candidate and makes the formal nomination announcement the senate leadership traditionally turns the nomination over to hearings by the senate judiciary committee .

depending on the conscientioousness of the choice for the nominee this may take many days .since the nixon administration this sitting have averaged sixty days.the nominee is interviewed about their law record if applicable and where they stand on the key issues to discern how they might vote and especially in most recent history, the committee tries to unearth any dark secrets of the nominee ar any other past records.

then the judiciary committee votes to send the nomination to the full Senate with a positive or a negative recommendation which is often reflective of political leanings or even no recommendation at all.

most rejection for a nominee has happened when the Senate majority has a different political party than the president.

when the Senate does approve a nominee with a simple majority vote with a tie broken by the vice president vote.with the Senate consent the president of the US issues a written appointment allowing the nominee to complete the final steps to take the constitutional and judicial oaths

supreme court nominees who were rejected were

in 1987 when the Senate rejects the Robert bork nomination, the Senate has rejected the nomination of Robert bork with an overwhelming vote of 58 to 42 margin to reject the controversial appointment because of he was said to be involved in the Watergate corruption case.

b - in 2012 another supreme court nomination of Philip Kwon when seven of the eight democrats committee voted against Kwon. the committee view was that Kwon does not have enough courtroom experience as well as he was on the highlight due to his family liquor business.

c- Alexander Wolcott in 1811 was rejected by the senate for his nominee to the supreme court mainly because of his strong enforcement of the controversial embargo and non-intercourse acts during his position as collector of customs which made him infamous in press and Senate.

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