American Government DB 250 words

Article III of the U.S. Constitution  states that when a vacancy occurs on the U.S. Supreme Court the  president shall nominate a qualified individual to fill that vacancy  subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the U.S. Senate. 

Discuss in some detail each of the  several steps taken within the White House to select a nominee for the  U.S. Supreme Court and the several steps taken in the U.S. Senate that  may result in confirmation or rejection of a nominee to the high court.  In writing your response do some research and include information on  examples of at least three supreme court nominees that were confirmed or  were not confirms in the past fifty years, explain the political  reasons why they were acceptable or nor acceptable.