Fact Checkers: GOP are telling LIES! 6 Supreme Court Justices confirmed in final year since 1912.

http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/03/18/fact-checkers-republicans-lying-six-justices-confirmed-election-years-since-1912/

In an unprecedented show of obstructionism, Senate Republicans are holding fast to their commitment to blocking President Obama at every turn, sacrificing the integrity and efficiency of our government and violating their oaths to the Constitution to make an ultimately fruitless stand against the will of the American people. Led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), conservative legislators have crafted a false narrative that paints the President as a “lame duck” and that the American people must choose the next justice in the election – as if President Obama’s landslide victory in the last election wasn’t a clear enough message. They also consistently try to pass off the lie that there is no appropriate precedence for nominating a justice in a president’s final year – which is, of course, nonsense.

The consistent use of the term “lame duck” by Senate Republicans is extremely misleading and inappropriate in this context. A “lame duck” refers to a politician whose successor has already been elected. Obviously, at this point in the election cycle, that has not occurred. Given their constant efforts to discredit President Obama and delegitimize his historical achievements, we can assume that the disgracefully petty Senators greatly enjoy the imagery associated with a “lame duck.” But President Obama is not a lame duck, and the record shows there is a long precedent of Presidents nominating – and Congresses confirming – Supreme Court Justices in their final year of office. Six justices have been nominated and confirmed since 1912, as confirmed by Politifact.