a simple majority of votes in the senate is needed to confirm supreme court justice.
a simple majority of votes in the senate is needed to confirm supreme court justice.
how many votes in senate needed to confirm supreme court justice?
a simple majority
this happened in 2013, when harry reid of the democratic party raised a point of order that "the vote on cloture under rule xxii for all nominations other than for the supreme court of the united states is by majority vote." the chair overruled the point of order, and reid appealed the ruling. mitch mcconnell of the republican party raised a parliamentary inquiry on how many votes were required to appeal the chair's ruling in that instance. the chair replied, "a majority of those senators voting, a quorum being present, is required." reid's appeal was sustained by a 52-48 vote, and the chair then ruled that the senate had established a precedent that cloture on nominations other than those for the supreme court requires only a simple majority. on april 6, 2017, that precedent was further changed by mcconnell and the republican majority, in a 52-48 vote, to include supreme court nominations.
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list of jewish american jurists









































this is a list of famous jewish american jurists.









































for other famous jewish americans, see lists of american jews.









































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bullet::::- louis brandeis, u.s. supreme court justice, 1916–1939









































bullet::::- stephen g. breyer, u.s. supreme court justice, 1994–present









































bullet::::- benjamin n. cardozo, u.s. supreme court justice, 1932–1938









































bullet::::- abe fortas, u.s. supreme court justice, 1965–1969









































bullet::::- felix frankfurter, u.s. supreme court justice, 1939–1962









































bullet::::- ruth bader ginsburg, u.s. supreme court justice, 1993–present









































bullet::::- arthur j. goldberg, u.s. supreme court justice, 1962–1965









































bullet::::- elena kagan, u.s. supreme court justice, 2010-present
list of jewish american jurists