Number: RL33225
Title: Supreme Court Nominations, 1789 - 2006: Actions by the Senate, the Judiciary Committee, and the President
Authors: Denis Steven Rutkus and Maureen Bearden, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: This report lists and describes actions taken by the Senate, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the President on all Supreme Court nominations, from 1789 to the present. The listing appears in a Supreme Court nominations table, Table 1, later in this report. Preceding the table is summary text, which highlights certain nominations statistics derived from the table. The text also provides historical background information on the Supreme Court appointment process and uses nominations statistics from the table to shed light on ways in which the appointment process has evolved over time. Many of the statistical findings discussed, for example, provide historical perspective on the emergence, and then increased involvement, of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the appointment process.
Pages: 44
Date: September 15, 2006