The Thurmond rule in U.S. politics posits that, at some point in a U.S. presidential election year, the U.S. Senate should not confirm the president's...

James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from...

Nathaniel Thurmond (July 25, 1941 – July 16, 2016) was an American basketball player who spent the majority of his 14-year career in the National Basketball...

Confirmations: What Thurmond Rule?" (PDF). Brookings Institution. Victor, Daniel (February 13, 2016). "What Is the 'Thurmond Rule'?". The New York Times...

On August 28, 1957, Strom Thurmond, then a Democratic United States senator from South Carolina, began a filibuster intended to prevent the passage of...

deferred to Thurmond, who had greater national stature. The selection of Thurmond received fairly positive reviews from the national press, as Thurmond had pursued...

her. List of nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States Thurmond rule Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States Previously...

Strom Thurmond served in the United States Senate from 1956 to 2003 (interrupted in 1956). He was a supporter of the presidencies of Richard Nixon, Gerald...

nominated after July 1, 1980, the traditional start date of the unofficial Thurmond rule during a presidential election year. All four seats eventually were...

Barrett. List of nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States Thurmond rule Not including possible unknown soldiers. Montague, Zach (September 19...

justice. List of nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States Thurmond rule Unsuccessful nominations to the Cabinet of the United States "The Court...

alcohol by children. Soon after the ads first aired in 1987, Senator Strom Thurmond began his own media campaign, claiming that the beer maker was using Spuds...

nominated after July 1, 1988, the traditional start date of the unofficial Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year. Eight of the thirteen seats eventually...

Nixon Ford Reagan G. H. W. Bush Clinton G. W. Bush Obama Trump Biden Thurmond rule Senate Judiciary Committee reviews of nominations to the Supreme Court...

filibuster speech in the history of the Senate was delivered by Strom Thurmond, who spoke for over twenty-four hours in an unsuccessful attempt to block...

 2016 (2016-02-14) 1.02 Other segments: Death of Justice Antonin Scalia and the Thurmond Rule, food safety issues at Chipotle restaurants, New Zealand politician...

Governor Strom Thurmond listed as Democratic presidential nominee and Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright as the vice-presidential nominee. Thurmond, whose ticket...

controversial. In 2016, Republicans had invoked the informal and seldom-used Thurmond rule to block the nomination of Merrick Garland, based on its proximity to...

nominated after July 1, 2000, the traditional start date of the unofficial Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year. Democrats claim that Senate Republicans...

The Redskins Rule is a spurious relationship in which the results of National Football League (NFL) games correlated strongly with the results of subsequent...

was nominated after July 1, 2008, the unofficial start date of the Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year, no hearings were scheduled on his...

came too late in a presidential election year, citing the informal Thurmond Rule. After President Obama's re-election, Bacharach was confirmed on February...

the seat, although he did so after the traditional start date of the Thurmond Rule in a presidential election year, and Fernandez's nomination was not...

was nominated after July 1, 2000, the unofficial start date of the Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year, no hearings were scheduled on her...

nominated after July 1, 1992, the traditional start date of the unofficial Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year. Senator Orrin Hatch, the Republican...

the Talmadge faction was pro-Thurmond, it did not nominate as Democratic electors candidates pledged to support Thurmond and Fielding Wright, unlike the...

senior status. Given that the nomination occurred after the unofficial Thurmond Rule governing judicial nominations during presidential election years, however...

Dixiecrat in the 1948 Presidential election. Thurmond framed the race as a "moral issue: democracy versus committee rule" and his write-in campaign was repeatedly...

Secretary of Labor of the Northern Mariana Islands (2023–present) Tony Thurmond, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction (2019–present) Anna...

nominated after July 1, 2008, which is the unofficial start date of the Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year, no hearings were scheduled by the...