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SUPREME COURT: JUSTICE SCALIA DEATH AND SCOTUS CHANGES
Supreme Court nominees who never served on the Court (name, year, President, status)

Robert Harrison, 1789, Washington, Declined
Levi Lincoln Sr., 1811, Madison, Declined
Alexander Wolcott, 1811,Madison, Rejected, 9–24
John Quincy Adams, 1811, Madison, Declined
John J. Crittenden, 1828, J. Q. Adams, Postponed
William Smith, 1837, Jackson, Declined
John C. Spencer, 1844, Tyler, Rejected, 21–26
Reuben H. Walworth, 1844, Tyler, Withdrawn
Edward King, 1845, Tyler, Withdrawn
John M. Read, 1845, Tyler, No action
George W. Woodward, 1845, Polk, Rejected, 20–29
Edward A. Bradford, 1852, Fillmore, No action
George E. Badger, 1853, Fillmore,Postponed
William C. Micou , 1853, Fillmore, No action
Jeremiah S. Black, 1861, Buchanan, Rejected, 25–26
Henry Stanbery, 1866, A. Johnson, Nullified
Ebenezer R. Hoar, 1869, Grant, Rejected, 24–33
Caleb Cushing, 1874, Grant, Withdrawn
Roscoe Conkling, 1882, Arthur, Declined
William B. Hornblower, 1893, Cleveland, Rejected, 24–30
Wheeler Hazard Peckham,1894, Cleveland, Rejected, 32–41
John J. Parker, 1930, Hoover, Rejected, 39–41
Homer Thornberry, 1968, L. B. Johnson, Nullified
Clement Haynsworth, 1969, Nixon, Rejected, 45–55
G. Harrold Carswell, 1970, Nixon, Rejected, 45–51
Robert H. Bork, 1987, Reagan, Rejected, 42–58
Harriet Miers, 2005, G. W. Bush, Withdrawn
Merrick Garland, 2016, Obama, No action

You can read about the reasons they were not confirmed here, if you're interested:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pr...pointments

I'm sincerely interested, Mags.  Aside from President Trump telling you that he no longer supports  Kavanaugh and pulling the nomination...........what would YOU consider characteristics, words or actions that would disqualify Kavanaugh from serving for life on the Supreme Court of the United States?
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RE: SUPREME COURT: JUSTICE SCALIA DEATH AND SCOTUS CHANGES - by HairOfTheDog - 09-29-2018, 05:52 PM