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Re:Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake by colinmhayes on Sunday November 15, 2020 @03:15PM (#25104399)
Sure, but partisanship is getting much worse. The precedent has now been set to completely reject any nomination from the opposing party. That will lead to even more partisanship as nominating "moderates" no longer makes sense. We're in for a future of nothing but Alito's and Thomas's.
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Re:Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake by chmod600 on Sunday November 15, 2020 @03:57PM (#25104760)
That's partisanship of Congress, not the Supreme Court.

When it comes down to real decisions by SCOTUS, they usually come out more moderate and narrow than you might imagine.

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Re:Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake by colinmhayes on Sunday November 15, 2020 @04:02PM (#25104800)
In the past that has been true. But if every confirmation from now on is as partisan as Alito and Thomas are(who as far as I'm aware almost never rule against republican causes) that will soon cease to be the case.
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Re:Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake by chmod600 on Sunday November 15, 2020 @04:15PM (#25104916)
I don't see how Alito and Thomas show a trend here. Roberts joined after Thomas and Gorsuch joined after Alito, and both have a more independent record.

Among the Democrat appointees, Kagan has a more independent record than Sotomayor but came afterward.

I know there are counterexamples but my point is that there's not an obvious trend toward more partisan justices, or at least no evidence has been presented so far in this thread.

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Re:Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake by jjeaff on Sunday November 15, 2020 @03:26PM (#25104489)
Partisanship in the nomination process, sure, but it remains to be seen if the more recent nominees will be impartial judges. After all, several court decisions have already not gone the way the gop wanted.
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Re:Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake by Wowfunhappy on Sunday November 15, 2020 @03:46PM (#25104654)
It does indeed remain to be seen—but those recent cases were completely ludicrous! That some semblance of logic remains does not help me sleep at night.
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Re:Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake by chmod600 on Sunday November 15, 2020 @06:56PM (#25106225)
What recent cases?
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