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Re:Tesla Robotaxi by ben_w on Friday October 11, 2024 @03:49AM (#41807252)
Wasn't that due to the supreme court deciding it wasn't up to the federal government?
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Re:Tesla Robotaxi by linotype on Friday October 11, 2024 @03:51AM (#41807261)
Who nominates the justices to the US Supreme Court?
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Re:Tesla Robotaxi by ben_w on Friday October 11, 2024 @04:03AM (#41807329)
De jure or de facto?

One of the judges died in Obama's term, and senators explicitly declared they would not consider any nomination he made:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-stolen-suprem...

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