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Tilted Cat Head
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Originally Posted by Willravel
I'm sorry I had to manipulate you into doing actual research on this, but it seemed like the only way. BTW, you're list isn't correct. Scalia was nominated under the 99th Congress, which had a Republican majority of 53/47.
Getting back to my point, Scalia, Roberts and Alito are the most Republican-voting members of the Supreme Court, followed by Thomas (who was confirmed fifty-two to forty-eight, the narrowest Supreme Court confirmation vote of the twentieth century).
Stevens (who became liberal after becoming a supreme court justice), Souter, Ginsberg and Breyer are the most Democrat-voting members of the Supreme Court.
Kennedy is the swinger.
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seriously....
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The four Democrats who broke party ranks and voted for Alito are Sens. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Tim Johnson of South Dakota, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Kent Conrad of North Dakota. All four of the states represented by the senators were carried by Bush in both 2000 and 2004.
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Gee Wally, they didn't vote along party lines, nor but they did vote in a manner consistent with the way they voted for the president. What does that mean??????
Again, it flies in the very face of facts of what you are saying.
so far you're not proving anything as to what your impartial statements or political or ideological lines states. Seems to be counter intuitive.
I don't think that the framers made a stupid choice since it seems that the checks and balances are working just fine even if Willravel thinks it is stupid.
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