George Deukmejian, then the attorney general and on the commission on judicial appointments, voted against Reynoso's confirmation.
Senator Leahy, a Democrat, is regarded as highly likely to vote against Judge Bork's confirmation.
As a Senator, Obama voted against Alito's confirmation, which the Justice does not seem to have forgotten.
Every senator who spoke praised him, but 23 Republicans voted against his confirmation.
In the end, 48 senators voted against his confirmation, enough to have sustained a filibuster.
In 2001, Mr. Lott was the only senator who voted against Judge Gregory's confirmation.
He never gave an answer on that and that's one of the reasons why many had voted against his confirmation.
He voted against Clinton's impeachment and against Clarence Thomas's confirmation.
(Ironically, Muskie had been one of the ten senators voting against Saxbe's confirmation.)
McCarthy's opposition failed to gain any traction, however, and he was the only Senator to vote against Brennan's confirmation.