Jim Inhofe: “I remind you, back in 1993, at the end of the Bush administration--he was ready to go out of office-- there were 109…”

“I remind you, back in 1993, at the end of the Bush administration--he was ready to go out of office-- there were 109 vacancies in the Federal judiciary. In other words, the Democratic controlled Congress failed to fill these vacancies. Right now, there are 74 vacancies in the Federal judiciary. If you determine where we would be if normal history takes its course through deaths or resignations, at the most there would be another 25 vacancies. That means, at the most, we would have about 100 vacancies at the end of President Clinton's term. Compare that to the 109 vacancies left after the Bush administration. I make that comment to offset the argument before it is made as to what type of judicial crisis will come about if we ended up without judicial nominees being confirmed.”