Here is what happens:
If no one has been confirmed by October 1, which is beginning to look more and more likely, then the Court will convene with just eight justices, and more importantly, with the conservative and liberal “blocs” on the Court deadlocked with four justices each. Yes, a subsequently confirmed justice can ascend to the bench the moment she or he is cleared by the Senate. But the new justice will typically not vote on cases in which oral arguments were heard in their absence
Thanks for clearing up the part about the deadline.
I thought Kennedy said he wouldn’t step down until his successor was named. Right now he doesn’t have a named successor.
You know what I wish? I wish Anthony Kennedy says he will change his judicial rulings to adhere to Justice Thomas’s until Kavanaugh is approved. Would be a great smackdown to the liberals.