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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by bawolff on Saturday November 07, 2020 @02:52PM (#25018433)
There was literally a media freak out over the apointment of Amy Barrett because people thought trump was stacking the court in his favour. I don't know how true that is, but its clear that a significant portion of americans believe it (belief that the court is political is damaging in itself even if it wasn't true).
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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by EamonnMR on Saturday November 07, 2020 @03:37PM (#25019016)
If court picks weren't political, political parties wouldn't fight to their last breath for them.
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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by Gunax on Saturday November 07, 2020 @03:43PM (#25019090)
Most judges actually are non-partisan-decide-based-on-law type. But they simply are not favoured.

Consider that sanders made it a litmus test for his supreme court nominees to overrule an unpopular court decision. Most judges would avoid at a politician demanding this, as it defeats the purpose of a judiciary.

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