president nominates person as a judge at the supreme court,what portion of senate must confirm nomination?

Question

president nominates person as a judge at the supreme court,what portion of senate must confirm nomination

Answer 1

a simple majority.

ONE more vote in favor than against... and the appointment stands.

Answer 2

You have three answers so far. One is incomplete, the others are flat wrong. You know, the Constitution's written in English (the same language I'm writing this answer in now...you can always look there).

Only a simple majority is required. However, it's been made fashionable by the Democrats lately to use something called a filibuster to block nominees and require 60 votes.

Here's how they do it. The senate has an unlimited time of debate, and debate doesn't end until 60 senators vote to cut off debate. A filibuster is when 41 or more senators refuse to stop "debating," dragging the process out for weeks, months or longer.

For instance, the Democrats filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1965. It had the votes to pass, but they did things such as read from the phone book, talk about baking recipes and just generally BS for hours on end (the record is 23.5 hours STRAIGHT).

Senators will do the same with judges, thereby thwarting the will of the majority. It's employed by Democrats more than Republicans for some reason.

Answer 3

2/3

Answer 4

51% but 65 must agree to vote on them.