Good Advice from Joe Biden

By Ed Whelan

February 22, 2016 6:51 PM

In this Senate floor statement from June 1992, Senator Joe Biden says that if a Supreme Court vacancy were to arise while the “political season [i.e., presidential campaign] is underway,” President George H.W. Bush should follow the “practice of the majority of his predecessors” and not nominate anyone to the vacancy until after the election. Biden further states that if President Bush were to ignore that advice, the Senate Judiciary Committee should “seriously consider not scheduling” a hearing until after the election.

Sen. Joe Biden in 1992 says President Bush should "not name a nominee until after the November election…" #SCOTUS https://t.co/setQGLzePt

— CSPAN (@cspan) February 22, 2016

Thanks for the good advice, Vice President Biden.

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