Biden cites 40-day timeline for Supreme Court confirmation

The last Supreme Court nominee, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, took 27 days to confirm in a Senate controlled by Republicans in 2020

By: and - February 1, 2022 3:10 pm
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The U.S. Supreme Court at dusk. (Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

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Ariana Figueroa
Ariana Figueroa

Ariana covers the nation's capital for States Newsroom. Her areas of coverage include politics and policy, lobbying, elections and campaign finance.

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