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- Thurmond_Rule abstract "The Thurmond Rule is an informal and somewhat amorphous rule in the United States Senate regarding confirmations of judicial nominees. While it originated with former Senator Strom Thurmond's opposition to President Lyndon Johnson's nomination of Justice Abe Fortas to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in June 1968, the specifics of the rule vary between sources. The rule has been described as being that "no lifetime judicial appointments would move in the last six months or so of a lame-duck presidency" or "judicial nominations do not advance in the Senate in the latter part of a presidential election year without the support of Senate leaders and top lawmakers on the Judiciary committee."This unwritten rule is not universally accepted. It has often been dismissed by Senators of both parties, usually whenever politically inconvenient. For example, Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy rejected the rule in the closing months of the Democratic Clinton administration, but later invoked the rule in the last months of the Republican Bush administration. In 2004, Senator Orrin Hatch dismissed the rule: "Strom Thurmond unilaterally on his own ... when he was chairman could say whatever he wanted to, but that didn't bind the whole committee, and it doesn't bind me." Some Senators profess ignorance of the rule; asked about its meaning, Senator Trent Lott wondered if it had to do with how long a Senator should remain in the chamber, given Thurmond's recordsetting tenure.The rule is inconsistently applied when it is applied at all. For instance, in December 1980, Judge Stephen Breyer (now a U.S. Supreme Court Justice) was confirmed to the First Circuit Court of Appeals. And in 1984, when Thurmond was chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee, judicial confirmations occurred that fall. Moreover, despite Leahy's letter mentioned above, when Leahy was chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee, a batch of 10 district court nominees were confirmed on September 26, 2008 after having had hearings several weeks earlier.".
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- Thurmond_Rule subject Category:Political_terminology_of_the_United_States.
- Thurmond_Rule subject Category:Terminology_of_the_United_States_Congress.
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- Thurmond_Rule comment "The Thurmond Rule is an informal and somewhat amorphous rule in the United States Senate regarding confirmations of judicial nominees. While it originated with former Senator Strom Thurmond's opposition to President Lyndon Johnson's nomination of Justice Abe Fortas to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in June 1968, the specifics of the rule vary between sources.".
- Thurmond_Rule label "Thurmond Rule".
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