Learn how NCAPA and its member organizations are urging the Senate to not engage in any obstruction, and then see the history of the Senate's consideration of previous Supreme Court nominees and why it matters.
NCAPA and members support the President's nominee. See below for statements and editorials.
National Council of Asian Pacific Americans:
National Council of Asian Pacific Americans Supports President Obama's Nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to U.S. Supreme Court
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC:
Statement of Mee Moua on President Obama's Nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court
Senators: #DoYourJob
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum:
APIAHF Welcomes President Obama’s Nomination to Fill Supreme Court Vacancy
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association:
NAPABA Expresses Disappointment That an Asian Pacific American Was Not Nominated to the United States Supreme Court; Vows to Support the President’s Nominee
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum:
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum supports President Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court nomination
National Coalition of Asian Pacific American Community Development:
National Coalition of Asian Pacific American Community Development Urges the Senate to Act on President Obama's Nomination of Chief Justice Merrick Garland to U.S. Supreme Court
South Asian Bar Association of North America:
Congratulations to Judge Merrick Garland on his Nomination the U.S. Supreme Court
Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund:
SALDEF Applauds Nomination of Merrick Garland to SCOTUS
South Asian Bar Association of North America:
Congratulations to Judge Merrick Garland on his Nomination the U.S. Supreme Court
Letter: 82 Organizations Condemn GOP Judiciary Committee Members’ Unprecedented Obstruction on SCOTUS Vacancy and Urge Them to Uphold the Constitution
Led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, NCAPA and 11 of its member organizations joined this letter: Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum; Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC; Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA); Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO); Japanese American Citizen League; National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse; National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development; National Korean American Service & Education Consortium; National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance; South Asian Bar Association of North America; and Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
Press Release: More than 20 Asian American and Pacific Islander organizations sign letter urging the Senate to hold hearings and vote on a Supreme Court nominee
Led by Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (a member of NCAPA), NCAPA and 9 more of its member organizations joined this letter: Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS); Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum; Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO); LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics); National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association; National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse; National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development; National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance; and South Asian Bar Association of North America
Statement: SABA North America Urges Senate to do its Duty
By South Asian Bar Association of North America (SABA-NA), a member of NCAPA
Letter: Letter from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley and Ranking Member Leahy
By National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), a member of NCAPA
Letter: Letter from 56 national, state and local Asian Pacific American Bar Associations Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy
By National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), a member of NCAPA
Statement: APALA Condemns Republican Senate Judiciary Committee Members for Obstructing the Supreme Court Nomination Process
By Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), a member of NCAPA
Press Release: NAKASEC, VACOLAO, and VACIR Urge Administration and Senate To Fulfill Their Constitutional Duty
By National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC), a member of NCAPA
Op-Ed: What Are Senate Republicans So Afraid of?
By Christopher Kang, NCAPA National Director
Read and share on the Huffington Post
Op-Ed: The ‘Schumer standard’ would be an improvement
By Christopher Kang, NCAPA National Director
Since the 1980s, every person appointed to the Court has been given a prompt hearing and vote within 100 days.
- Justice Kagan – 88 days (confirmed 8/5/2010)
- Justice Sotomayor – 67 days (confirmed 8/6/2009)
- Justice Alito – 83 days (confirmed 1/31/2006)
- Chief Justice Roberts – 63 days (from time nominated to be Associate Justice, confirmed 9/6/2005)
- Justice Breyer – 74 days (confirmed 7/29/1994)
- Justice Ginsburg – 51 days (confirmed 8/3/1993)
- Justice Thomas – 99 days (confirmed 10/15/1991)
- Justice Souter – 69 days (confirmed 10/2/1990)
- Justice Kennedy – 65 days (confirmed 2/3/1988)
- Justice Scalia – 85 days (confirmed on 9/17/1986)
- Chief Justice Rehnquist – 89 days (confirmed as Chief Justice on 9/17/1986)
- Justice O’Connor – 33 days (confirmed 9/21/1981)
The Supreme Court’s 4-4 decisions have no value in establishing precedent on which future decisions can rely. They also cannot establish uniform nationwide rules. That means if multiple courts ruled differently on an issue before it arose at the Supreme Court, a 4-4 ruling would leave those different rules in place in different states. The result is an unsustainable uncertainty — for the law, for individual liberties, and for our economy.
Since the 1980s, there has never been any vacancy spanning more than one term. And never a vacancy longer than 4 months while the Court has been in session.
- Justice Kagan – 0 days (confirmed before 2010 term started)
- Justice Sotomayor – 0 days (confirmed before 2009 term started)
- Justice Alito – 119 days (confirmed 1/31/2006, 119 days after 2005 term started)
- Chief Justice Roberts – 0 days (confirmed before 2005 term started)
- Justice Breyer – 0 days (confirmed before 1994 term started)
- Justice Ginsburg – 0 days (confirmed before 1993 term started)
- Justice Thomas – 8 days (confirmed 10/15/1991, eight days after 1991 term started)
- Justice Souter – 0 days (confirmed before 1990 term started)
- Justice Kennedy – 122 days (confirmed 2/3/1988, 122 days after 1987 term started)
- Justice Scalia – 0 days (confirmed before 1986 term started)
- Chief Justice Rehnquist – 0 days (confirmed as Chief Justice before 1986 term started)
- Justice O’Connor – 0 days (confirmed before 1981 term started)
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