The correct answer to this question is letter D, ~75%.
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution establishes
the Supreme Court of the United States. Currently, there are 9 Justices on the Supreme Court.
Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States empowers the President of the United States of America to nominate Judges for the Supreme Court of United States (also known as ‘Appointment Clause’). However, once nominated, the Constitution maintains that the nomination will only be finalized after the approval and ratification by the Senate of the United States of America.
Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of The Constitution states:
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…and [the President] shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
In total, 163 individuals have been nominated to the Supreme Court and 126 were confirmed by the Senate (~77%). Additionally, 7 nominees have declined to serve (
Supreme Court Nominations, 1789-Present).
Learning Point: The President is responsible to nominate an individual to join the Supreme Court of the United States and the Senate is then responsible for either confirming or rejecting the nominee. In total, 126 of 163 nominees (~77%) have been confirmed by the Senate.
