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SillyAmerican
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« on: January 22, 2016, 08:50:50 AM »

Trump may well nominate the most qualified Justices, almost regardless of ideology.  That's actually how it used to be before the GOP blocked the nomination of Abe Fortas to be Chief Justice.  This was the start of the ideological confirmation fights.  It was Herbert Hoover who appointed Louis Brandeis, a liberal jurist, and it was FDR who appointed Felix Frankfurter, who was a Strict Constructionalist.  Truman appointed the moderates Fred Vinson and Tom Clark, while Eisenhower appointed liberals Earl Warren and William Brennan as well as centrist Potter Stewart.  JFK appointed the liberal Arthur Goldberg, but he also appointed the surprisingly conservative Byron White.

Agreed. Which is why I'm actually considering voting for him, should he be the nominee.
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SillyAmerican
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« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2016, 03:38:57 PM »

According to a recent study 10% of American college students think she is already on the bench...

Yeah, but that's the same 10% that couldn't tell you the name of the Chief Justice. We're in sad shape...
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