By Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View
The story of the Supreme Court in 2016 can be summarized in a statistic: It’s been 311 days since Justice Antonin Scalia died on Feb. 13, and his seat remains unfilled. That’s not the longest Supreme Courtvacancyin the modern era, but it’s about to enter second place -- and it will become the longest if Donald Trump’s nominee isn’t confirmed before the end of March. [See footnote 1]
This striking fact will be front and center when the history of the court in 2016 is written. But what really matters isn’t the ...
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