# Kennedy Retiring from SCOTUS

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-retiring-from-scotus/816858/49 "2018-06-27T19:24:16Z")

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> [@wolfpup](#):
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> How long did it take Obama’s nominee – whatsis name, oh yeah, Merrick Garland – to get confirmed? By my count, nearly two and a half years and still waiting. I kind of have a feeling it ain’t gonna happen at all. 😉

[His nomination expired early last year](https://www.wsj.com/articles/president-obamas-supreme-court-nomination-of-merrick-garland-expires-1483463952). If you (or he) are still waiting, it’s because you don’t understand how the process works.

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