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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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