[20201020]IN11519_参议院在总统选举年（1789-2020年）就最高法院提名采取的最后行动.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Final Action by the Senate on Supreme Court Nominations During Presidential Election Years (1789-2020) October 20, 2020 On September 29, 2020, President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett of Indiana to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It has been reported that final action by the Senate on the nomination will occur prior to the presidential election on November 3, 2020. If such action occurs, the Barrett nomination will be the 22nd Supreme Court nomination that has received final action by the Senate during a presidential election year (and the 19th that received final action prior to the election itself). Seven Supreme Court nominations that were pending before the Senate during a presidential election year are not included in the analysis below. These nominations include (1) three nominations on which the Senate took no action, including the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland in 2016; (2) two nominations for which the nominees declined the nominations; and (3) one nomination for which a motion to proceed on the nomination was objected to and the nomination was