Re:When Americans Abandon the Constitution
by dllthomas on Friday September 15, 2023 @03:00AM
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It doesn't undermine the argument but I wasn't speaking to the argument. It's just not the case that more than 2 appointments per term is all that unusual. Calling it unprecedented deserves pushback.
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Re:When Americans Abandon the Constitution
by reducesuffering on Friday September 15, 2023 @12:57PM
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Sure, unprecedented is too strong. In the last 12 presidencies, all of them have appointed 2 or fewer justices except for Nixon and Reagan at 4, and Trump at 3. It’s precedented for Republican presidents to appoint an extraordinary amount of justices…