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  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    8·
    1 year 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?

    • jordanlund@lemmy.world
      15·
      1 year ago

      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

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        7·
        1 year ago

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