Lessons from SCOTUS history

A few thoughts on the GOP's vow not only to reject any Supreme Court nominee President Obama offers but also to block the nomination process itself.
http://www.recordnet.com/opinion/20160220/grunder-lessons-from-scotus-history
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Correction: I erred in the above column when I said Scalia's 1986 confirmation came on the eve of Reagan's election to a second term. Scalia was confirmed on the eve of an election, but it was a mid-term election during Reagan's second term. That election saw Republican fears realized when they lost control of the Senate. That looming reality made pushing the confirmation process along in advance of the election rather important for the Reagan White House. My argument stands -- that the high court is a political animal -- but it would have been nice if I'd actually looked at a calendar. See https://medium.com/.../scalia-was-confirmed-right-before...