Here is the problem with the McConnell plan for the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court’s fiscal year (for lack of a better term) runs from October through August.
It is now March 2016. All of the cases heard by the late Justice Scalia will be decided in the Summer of 2016 with 8 justices voting. Any votes cast by Justice Scalia will not be counted.
New cases will be heard starting in October 2016 with 8 justices.
Those cases will be decided starting (roughly) January 2017 with 8 justices.
A new justice will in theory be nominated in January 2017 and confirmed in March 2017.
The Court will still announce decisions through the spring and summer of 2017.
Not until October 2017 will the Supreme Court be back to its full complement on 9 Justices. That’s a year and a half from now.
So tell me again how the Republican Party is serious about governing.
iraleen 