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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFive of the justices who gutted abortion rights were appointed by presidents who lost the popular vo
Alito, Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanagh and Barrett.
Great system we've got.
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Five of the justices who gutted abortion rights were appointed by presidents who lost the popular vo (Original Post)
Danmel
Jun 2022
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Explains why they feel no qualms about going against the will of 63% of Americans
Dave says
Jun 2022
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Eliot Rosewater
(34,282 posts)1. Or, as they say EVERYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH
"the vote"
Dave says
(5,349 posts)2. Explains why they feel no qualms about going against the will of 63% of Americans
RANDYWILDMAN
(3,138 posts)3. The tyranny of the minority since at least 2000
and the role the weak ass SC has played in it.
They put their thumb on the scale in Bush v Gore and it has not helped since.
Polybius
(21,633 posts)4. Yes and no
Alito and Roberts were appointed in 2005, a year after Bush won the popular vote. Bush only lost the popular vote the first time, in 2000. He made zero SC appointments in his first term.
Xoan
(25,570 posts)5. Not a democracy ...
obviously.
G_j
(40,558 posts)6. do you have a link?
