What did Ted Cruz claim about law on 13 Feb 2016?
Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator (R-TX) and Republican presidential candidate ·
Well, we have 80 years of precedent of not confirming Supreme Court justices in an election year.
No such precedent. Justice Anthony Kennedy was confirmed by the Senate on February 3, 1988, in a presidential election year, less than 30 years earlier.
Anthony M. Kennedy was nominated by Ronald Reagan on November 30, 1987, and confirmed by the Senate on February 3, 1988 (Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges).
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- Republican presidential debate in Greenville, South Carolina.
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