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onetexan

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17. good to hear, that would make it 4- 1- 4 then with Robert being the centrist

Wed Feb 20, 2019, 01:39 PM

Feb 2019

albeit Robert leans conservative. Long as it stays this way till the orange nut is out of office and Dems win the POTUS to appoint a replacement RBG (due to her health concerns and age, even though i'd love for her to remain there forever).

Here is the list by age. My concern is the 2 oldest are both our liberal judges. Much as i'd like Alito or Thomas to retire soon after the Idiot is out of office, i don't see that happening as they're 68 & 70 respectively.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (since 1993) 85
Stephen Breyer. (since 1994) 80
Clarence Thomas. (since 1991) 70
John Roberts. 64 (since 2005)
Samuel Alito. (since 2006) 68
Sonia Sotomayor. (since 2009) 64
Elena Kagan. (since 2010) 58
Brett Kavanaugh (since 2018) 54
Neil Gorsuch. (since 2017) 51

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Sen. Whitehouse: There's a 'Crisis of Credibility' at the U.S. Supreme Court [View all] babylonsister Feb 2019 OP

Excellent article. I wish this was a WaPo oped. octoberlib Feb 2019 #1

Very interesting Stargazer09 Feb 2019 #2

We have become an all around scary country. democratisphere Feb 2019 #26

I see the court as 4-2-3 right now Amishman Feb 2019 #3

isn't ironic the 3 women justices are the only liberals onetexan Feb 2019 #10

Breyer is pretty liberal Polybius Feb 2019 #14

Me too, he is liberal without being partizan Amishman Feb 2019 #16

good to hear, that would make it 4- 1- 4 then with Robert being the centrist onetexan Feb 2019 #17

stats in article say 5-4 Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2019 #11

4 SCOTUS justices appointed by non popular vote Presidents aeromanKC Feb 2019 #4

What does popular vote have to do with it? Amishman Feb 2019 #6

Well since the supremes picked W as our president Farmer-Rick Feb 2019 #8

They did indeed pick him, but Bush's two picks were after the 2004 election Polybius Feb 2019 #15

The 2004 was rigged by passing Ohio vote counts Farmer-Rick Feb 2019 #25

Bush vs. Gore, worst Supreme Court decision in my lifetime. Bluepinky Feb 2019 #19

Jaw-droppingly partisan. JudyM Feb 2019 #20

This should be on national news. Firestorm49 Feb 2019 #5

K/R BadgerMom Feb 2019 #7

Kick this... defacto7 Feb 2019 #9

K&R brer cat Feb 2019 #12

I really appreciate Senator Whitehouse. I wish he was running for president. archiemo Feb 2019 #13

He has been a great asset, smart, lucid and a hard worker. JudyM Feb 2019 #21

I agree bdamomma Feb 2019 #27

Another nail in the coffin of democracy. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #18

Rant, or not. Myrddin Feb 2019 #23

Thank you, and we wish you the best with your Brexit ordeal. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #24

K&R. JudyM Feb 2019 #22

"delivered rulings that advantage big corporate and special interests...." jalan48 Feb 2019 #28