Did Lamar Alexander vote the way they spoke on the Supreme Court in March 2016?
Lamar Alexander, U.S. Senator (R-TN) ·
I believe it is reasonable to give the American people a voice by allowing the next president to fill this lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. Under our Constitution, the president has the right to nominate, but the Senate has the right to decide whether to consent at this point in a presidential election year.
Voted Yea, 26 Oct 2020
Alexander said in 2016 it was reasonable to let the next president fill an election-year Court seat. In October 2020, eight days before a presidential election, he voted to confirm Barrett.
In 2016 Alexander said it was reasonable to let the next president fill a Supreme Court seat that opened in a presidential election year. In October 2020, eight days before a presidential election, he voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett; in 2020 he said no one should be surprised that a Republican Senate majority would vote on a Republican president's nominee, even in a presidential election year.
Said vs. voted · Supreme Court
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Said one thing, voted another
What they said
- Date
- Where
- Press release from his Senate office on President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland, which republished his earlier remark on the vacancy.
How they voted
- Date
- Measure
- Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (PN2252)
- Question
- On the Nomination (Amy Coney Barrett)
- Vote
- Yea