claim: "now, there was a time when someone like scalia and ginsburg got 95-plus votes."
author: lindsey graham
evidence_1: jan 30, 2017 ... qualifications still matter, which is why someone like scalia would have a shot,  but ideology has swamped all other concerns. we can model how the senate is  likely to vote on various types of nominees by looking at past confirmation votes  and what influenced them. regular fivethirtyeight readers might ...
evidence_2: "now, there was a time when someone like scalia and ginsburg got 95-plus  votes." — politifact national on monday, july 13th, 2009. half-true. poll results  seem more like a tie. sotomayor nomination. jon kyl · a new rasmussen poll  shows people "oppose (sotomayor's) confirmation. only 37 percent support it.".
evidence_3: the constitution requires the president to submit nominations to the senate for its  advice and consent. since the supreme court was established in 1789,  presidents have submitted 162 nominations for the court, including those for  chief justice. of this total, 125 were confirmed (7 declined to serve). this chart  lists ...
evidence_4: nov 9, 2016 ... with ultra-conservative antonin scalia on bench, moderate chief justice john  roberts was a frequent toss-up vote, solidifying progressive decisions along with  ... however, the republican senate will have two years before midterm elections,  during which time two liberal justices—ruth bader ginsburg and ...
evidence_5: at the subsequent conference among the justices after oral argument, the vote  was 5–4 in favor of citizens united being allowed to show the film. the justices  voted the same as they had in federal election commission v. wisconsin right  to life, inc., a similar 2007 case, with chief justice roberts and justices scalia, ...