[20160316]IN10458_在分裂和统一的政党政府执政期间对最高法院的提名.pdf

CRS INSIGHTNominations to the Supreme Court During Years of Divided and Unified Party GovernmentMarch 16, 2016 (IN10458) | Related AuthorBarry J. McMillion |Barry J. McMillion, Analyst in American National Government (bmcmillioncrs.loc.gov, 7-6025)This CRS Insight provides data and analysis related to nominations made to the Supreme Court during years of unified and divided party government. Specifically, for the purposes of this Insight, unified party government is defined as when the party of the President is the same as the majority party in the Senate. Conversely, divided party government is defined as when the party of the President is different than the majority party in the Senate. Given that the House of Representatives does not have a formal constitutional role in the selection and confirmation process for Supreme Court Justices, it is not included in the analysis below.In general, divided party government has been relatively more common during the post-War period (i.e., since 1946) than it was during the earlier half of the twentieth century. Consequently, the period from 1946 to the present is the focus of this particular Insight. From 1900 to 1945, there were two years