Morning Jolt: What the Constitution Actually Says about Supreme Court Judges

On the menu today: how little the Constitution says about replacing a Supreme Court justice, and why cries of a "stolen" Supreme Court seat are nonsense; President Trump has a shockingly human reaction to the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg; and the unsavory subtext to the pop-culture celebration that surrounded the "Notorious RBG."

In the Weeks and Months Ahead, Remember to Check the Constitution

Here is the entirety of what the U.S. Constitution says about the president's power to appoint justices to the Supreme Court:

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY September 21 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY September 21 2020 What the Constitution Actually Says about Supreme Court Judges On the menu today: how little the Constitution says about replacing a Supreme Court justice, and why cries of a "stolen" Supreme Court seat are nonsense; President Trump has a shockingly human reaction to the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg; and the unsavory subtext to the pop-culture celebration that surrounded the "Notorious RBG." In the Weeks and Months Ahead, Remember to Check the Constitution Here is the entirety of what the U.S. Constitution says about the president's power to appoint justices to the Supreme Court: He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest ...   READ MORE

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