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Mitch McConnell recently claimed that the tradition in the Senate since 1880 has been that a SCOTUS vacancy is not filled by a president in an election year, if the Senate is controlled by the opposing party [1]. This was in regard to the Republican controlled senate's refusal to consider confirmation of Merrick Garland in 2016, but leaves open the possibility for a Republican controlled senate to confirm SCOTUS nominees in 2020 before the POTUS election that year. Is his contention that this is the tradition of the senate accurate? I certainly don't remember anyone alleging that Obama was violating norms of the process by nominating Garland in 2016. Most of the commentary seemed to be around McConnell violating the norms of the process by failing to consider confirmation. Handschuh- talk to me 06:51, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
There have been cases in U.S. history as late as this year when the stay of execution was issued and delivered dangerously close to the X hour or even too late.
So, were there any sucessful or unsuccessful attempts in modern U.S. history to introduce a protocol ensuring timely delivery of death penalty stays (including electronic delivery) that are notable enough to supplement the Stay of execution or Execution warrant article? -- Синкретик ( talk) 20:01, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
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Mitch McConnell recently claimed that the tradition in the Senate since 1880 has been that a SCOTUS vacancy is not filled by a president in an election year, if the Senate is controlled by the opposing party [1]. This was in regard to the Republican controlled senate's refusal to consider confirmation of Merrick Garland in 2016, but leaves open the possibility for a Republican controlled senate to confirm SCOTUS nominees in 2020 before the POTUS election that year. Is his contention that this is the tradition of the senate accurate? I certainly don't remember anyone alleging that Obama was violating norms of the process by nominating Garland in 2016. Most of the commentary seemed to be around McConnell violating the norms of the process by failing to consider confirmation. Handschuh- talk to me 06:51, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
There have been cases in U.S. history as late as this year when the stay of execution was issued and delivered dangerously close to the X hour or even too late.
So, were there any sucessful or unsuccessful attempts in modern U.S. history to introduce a protocol ensuring timely delivery of death penalty stays (including electronic delivery) that are notable enough to supplement the Stay of execution or Execution warrant article? -- Синкретик ( talk) 20:01, 8 October 2018 (UTC)