• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I’m pretty sure the Supreme Court requires neither to reverse a decision. What with other decisions that weren’t Roe taking a lot less than 50 years and what with their not caring about popular opinion.

      Is this the first time you’ve heard of them?

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        Reversing Roe took 50 years because it took that long to get enough conservative judges appointed. It could not have happened sooner.

        In my lifetime, Democratic presidents have only been able to appoint 5 justices to the court compared to 15 for Republican presidents.

        If we want to change the gun rulings, that needs to be reversed, which should only take, oh, another 50 years or so.

        https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members_text.aspx

        Burger, Warren Earl - Nixon
        Blackmun, Harry A. - Nixon
        Powell, Lewis F., Jr. - Nixon
        Rehnquist, William H. - Nixon
        Stevens, John Paul - Ford
        O’Connor, Sandra Day - Reagan
        Scalia, Antonin - Reagan
        Kennedy, Anthony M. - Reagan
        Souter, David H. - Bush, G. H. W.
        Thomas, Clarence - Bush, G. H. W.
        Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Clinton
        Breyer, Stephen G. - Clinton
        Roberts, John G., Jr. - Bush, G. W.
        Alito, Samuel A., Jr. - Bush, G. W.
        Sotomayor, Sonia - Obama
        Kagan, Elena - Obama
        Gorsuch, Neil M. - Trump
        Kavanaugh, Brett M. - Trump
        Barrett, Amy Coney - Trump
        Jackson, Ketanji Brown - Biden

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          I see, because the past decides what happens in the future when it comes to appointing Supreme Court justices. I had no idea.

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      Took 13 years to undo prohibition, which unlike abortion and gun rights, was based on a clear and direct constitutional amendment with no arguments about “framers intent” or changes to technology/interpretations of rights over time.

      This entire “50 years of cultural shift and overcoming supreme Court decisions” is straight bullshit.