The spouses of Justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett also likely cause conflicts of interest but the lax SCOTUS reporting requirements allow them to keep much about their spouses' [.]
Just hours after Justice Antonin Scalia's 2016 death, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a statement saying he would not permit a hearing or a vote on President Barack Obama's nominee to fill the seat. It was an unprecedented move in modern history to refuse to even consider a president's pick.