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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
Fascinating. You know more about the confirmation process than Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who complained last year at how political it has become, she noted that Scalia got confirmed unanimously, and her vote was 96-3.
She should have consulted you. You could have told her that it's always been political, even though only 3 voted against her.
You just make it up as you go along.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/10/...gress_justice/ |
You just believe whatever rightwing gibberish you happen to read.
The Supreme Court from the moment of it's inception has been political.
In September 1789, on the same day that the Judiciary Act passed Congress, President Washington nominated the six justices to serve on the first Supreme Court. For Chief Justice, he chose John Jay, one of the leaders of Washington’s Federalist Party and one of the chief advocates of the Constitution and a strong federal government throughout the founding period. Washington’s other five nominees, including John Rutledge who would succeed Jay as the second Chief Justice six years later, were likewise staunch Federalists and allies of the president.