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SirSeymour · 10-26-2004, 10:48 AM

Ok, I see your point. I was focused on your statement of "post-FDR" and not the last 40 years as a hard number. Since LBJ there have been 11 appointments to the court and all but 2 were made by Republican Presidents. Of course, in the usual way it is with the court, some of those have not worked out like the Presidents would have wished. I am thinking specifically of Lewis Powell who was a appointee of Nixon. His career on the court can only be characterized as moderate and he was often the swing vote (the position currently held by O'Conner). This was said to have vexed Nixon seriously as he was after a genuine conservative for that set.

Also noteworthy is the era prior to this time which was dominated by Democratic Presidents and an incredibly long line of appointments by them. 15 out of 19 appointments were from Democrats. Ike had 4 in the middle to break it up a bit but at one point the entire court was composed of appointements from FDR and Truman, which is something that has not happened since (the whole court being appointments of one party, I mean).

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SirSeymour Ambling Toward the Light Location: The Early 16th Century	Ok, I see your point. I was focused on your statement of "post-FDR" and not the last 40 years as a hard number. Since LBJ there have been 11 appointments to the court and all but 2 were made by Republican Presidents. Of course, in the usual way it is with the court, some of those have not worked out like the Presidents would have wished. I am thinking specifically of Lewis Powell who was a appointee of Nixon. His career on the court can only be characterized as moderate and he was often the swing vote (the position currently held by O'Conner). This was said to have vexed Nixon seriously as he was after a genuine conservative for that set. Also noteworthy is the era prior to this time which was dominated by Democratic Presidents and an incredibly long line of appointments by them. 15 out of 19 appointments were from Democrats. Ike had 4 in the middle to break it up a bit but at one point the entire court was composed of appointements from FDR and Truman, which is something that has not happened since (the whole court being appointments of one party, I mean). __________________ SQL query SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0 Zero rows returned....