Well, the plus is that every time this happens there is a discussion of not letting the president nominate someone, but we've yet to stop a president from nominating.

I mean, I assume Bush made his appointment in 1992.

Joe Biden's portrayal in The Onion is an all time high water mark in American political satire. It is a treasure to behold.

There was no nomination in 1992. White and Blackmun were getting old, though, and both retired in the first two years of Clinton's presidency.

I should probably look this up before being wrong, but wasn't Clarence Thomas '92? Marshall died in '91 and then it was early '92 when Thomas finally got confirmed after the Anita Hill drama, wasn't it?

October 1991. Marshall actually didn't die until four days after Clinton took office. If he had known the Democrats had a shot in 1992 it would be interesting if he could have tried to gut it out for two more years despite being quite ill.

Who needs Google when you have green habit?

Depends on what you're Googling. Some things I don't know jack shit about.

With about 10 minutes left in the hourlong session, Justice Department lawyer Ilana Eisenstein was about to sit down after answering a barrage of questions from other justices. Thomas then caught her by surprise, asking whether the violation of any other law “suspends a constitutional right.”

Wouldn't, like, any violation of law that puts you in jail suspend several constitutional rights?

what has been the constitutional justification (if any)for denying children or people with mental disabilities (or any other specified population) the right to own a gun?

That the Constitution doesn't grant the carte blanche, unconditional right to possess guns to every citizen?