Comments on: Confirmation Trivia Questions http://www.scotusblog.com/2006/01/confirmation-trivia-questions/ The Supreme Court of the United States blog Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Graham http://www.scotusblog.com/2006/01/confirmation-trivia-questions/#comment-8736 Graham Fri, 03 Feb 2006 23:32:03 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/confirmation-trivia-questions/#comment-8736 By my calculations, Justice Stevens became the third-oldest sitting Supreme ever on 10th January this year, when he passed Blackmun's retirement age of 85 years 8.7 months – 31310 days. The only 2 ever to have celebrated an 86th birthday on the Court – which Stevens will do if he is still there on 20/4/06 - were Taney and Holmes. By my calculations, Justice Stevens became the third-oldest sitting Supreme ever on 10th January this year, when he passed Blackmun’s retirement age of 85 years 8.7 months – 31310 days. The only 2 ever to have celebrated an 86th birthday on the Court – which Stevens will do if he is still there on 20/4/06 – were Taney and Holmes.

]]> By: Kent Scheidegger http://www.scotusblog.com/2006/01/confirmation-trivia-questions/#comment-8735 Kent Scheidegger Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:17:50 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/confirmation-trivia-questions/#comment-8735 Justice Thomas was confirmed after the October arguments. Cipollone v. Liggett Group, 505 U.S. 504, was restored to the calendar for reargument almost immediately, and Doggett v. United States, 505 U.S. 647, about a month later. However, it doesn't appear that he was casting the deciding vote in either case. (I hedge because Cipollone looks like a messy split, and I haven't waded through it to figure it out.) Justice Kennedy was the last truly mid-term confirmation, and it appears that several cases were reargued. Among them was K-Mart v. Cartier, 486 U.S. 281, one of those cases you have to suspect the Court chose just for the name. Justice Kennedy wrote the lead opinion, but the Court was splintered. Justice Thomas was confirmed after the October arguments. Cipollone v. Liggett Group, 505 U.S. 504, was restored to the calendar for reargument almost immediately, and Doggett v. United States, 505 U.S. 647, about a month later. However, it doesn’t appear that he was casting the deciding vote in either case. (I hedge because Cipollone looks like a messy split, and I haven’t waded through it to figure it out.)

Justice Kennedy was the last truly mid-term confirmation, and it appears that several cases were reargued. Among them was K-Mart v. Cartier, 486 U.S. 281, one of those cases you have to suspect the Court chose just for the name. Justice Kennedy wrote the lead opinion, but the Court was splintered.

]]> By: David Moran http://www.scotusblog.com/2006/01/confirmation-trivia-questions/#comment-8734 David Moran Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:06:55 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/confirmation-trivia-questions/#comment-8734 Speaking of historical trivia, when was the last time that a mid-term confirmation resulted in cases being reargued? How long after the new justice was confirmed did it take for the Court to announce the cases to be reargued? Can we expect the same timeframe from the Court this time around? Speaking of historical trivia, when was the last time that a mid-term confirmation resulted in cases being reargued? How long after the new justice was confirmed did it take for the Court to announce the cases to be reargued? Can we expect the same timeframe from the Court this time around?

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