Interesting historical context from @FiveThirtyEight: There has never been a vacancy on the Supreme Court filled this close to a presidential election. It's not even close. Shortest ever was 144 days pre-election in 1916. This is 46 days before Election Day. Scalia was 269 days. pic.twitter.com/lzQywr17kk

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) September 19, 2020