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A brief history of Supreme Court nomination controversies

Going all the way back to 1795, when the Senate rejected George Washington's nomination of John Rutledge for Chief Justice. Rutledge was already "on the Court" via a recess appointment; the rejection was payback for Rutledge's vehement opposition to the Jay Treaty.