This was the first time I had heard that “complex” Senate rules determined the shelf life of a Supreme Court nominee before midterms.
In any case, thanks.
But that still leaves me wondering why Ms. Ford & Co, are insisting on next Thursday to testify.
The Congress is reconstituted after every Congressional election in the January following a Congressional election, every two years. A new Congress cannot be bound by the decisions and actions of a previous Congress. In practice, they pick up where they left off, but they must agree to do so and one thing that doesn’t survive into a new Congress are any nominations that have not been acted on. Clean Slate.