# Kennedy Retiring from SCOTUS **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 27, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-retiring-from-scotus/816858 "2018-06-27T18:11:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-retiring-from-scotus/816858/19 "2018-06-27T18:34:50Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I expect the GOP to try to rush his replacement through before the midterms, even though there’s still a decent chance the Republicans hang on to a majority in that house. Rush? There’s no need to rush. According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nominations_to_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States): Kennedy was confirmed 65 days after his nomination. Thomas was confirmed 99 days after his. For Ginsburg it was a mere 50 days. Breyer was 73. Roberts (a bit odd because it shifted from Associate to Chief Justice partway through) was 23 or 39 days. Hell, let’s add them together and call it 62 days. Alito was 82. Sotomayor was 66, Kagan was 87 and Gorsuch was 65. The midterms are in 132 days. President Trump could spend an entire month contemplating who from his list he’d like to select and the Senate could give that person a longer nominating process than any of the currently-serving justices, and it could still all be wrapped up before the midterms. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-retiring-from-scotus/816858)._