[Jamestown1630]

He’s announced his retirement. Simple. She won’t be installed until he retires this Summer.

With all the issues available, why do you make a point of this?

[Svartalfiar]

He’s announced his retirement. Simple. She won’t be installed until he retires this Summer.

There is no current vacancy, so there's no position for anyone to be nominated to. This vote means nothing.

Why not just push a 'nominee' vote for every current justice, since they'll all retire at some point? Queue up your guys, and prevent future Presidents from nominating their guys?