Only twelve Supreme Court nominees have ever been rejected by the Senate

Evidence

Only 12 Supreme Court nominees have been rejected, while 18 other nominations were either withdrawn from consideration or indefinitely postponed because of opposition in the Senate. From 1968 to 2018, however, eight of 25 nominees were rejected, withdrew, or denied a vote in the Senate. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 758

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