At least five of the 17 were appointed by presidents who themselves did not win the popular vote of…

Dr. Dion

Oct 15, 2020·1 min read

At least five of the 17 were appointed by presidents who themselves did not win the popular vote of the people. That aids Democrats' case for expansion. I wrote about it here: https://medium.com/illumination-curated/the-case-for-expanding-the-supreme-court-a60143829dd0

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In fact, in every year since 1970, the majority of Supreme Court justices have been Republican appointees. Since the beginning of Chief Justice Warren Burger’s court until the death of Justice Ruth B. Ginsberg, there have been 17 Republican appointed-justices and 8 Democratic appointed-justices sitting on the Supreme Court. At no time was there a majority of Democratic justices on the court to write its majority decision.” By going to the web link for each of the last three Chief Justices, you can see those numbers.

Democrats have been a minority on the Supreme Court since 1970

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