It does not make sense that the judiciary is such a mess. Republicans have been in control for over 20 years of the last 30 years. Democrats really have not been president that much in recent times. One term in the seventies and a double term in the nineties. Democrats had no president in the 80’s at all. Republicans have chosen 7 of the 9 Supreme Court justices. There is really no excuse for the judiciary to be such a mess.
Republicans bat far better than Democrats (the Rats are near .000) but the tendency of these lifetime appointment courts is to slide leftwards. Maybe it is the nature of the beast.
It does not make sense that the judiciary is such a mess. Republicans have been in control for over 20 years of the last 30 years. Democrats really have not been president that much in recent times. One term in the seventies and a double term in the nineties. Democrats had no president in the 80’s at all. Republicans have chosen 7 of the 9 Supreme Court justices. There is really no excuse for the judiciary to be such a mess.Republicans bat far better than Democrats (the Rats are near .000) but the tendency of these lifetime appointment courts is to slide leftwards. Maybe it is the nature of the beast.
It is a common fallacy to simply point to the control of the WH and think the issue ends there.That reckons without the "borking" phenomenon - which is always a factor when a Republican makes a nomination, even if the Democrats are not nominally in charge in Congress. Arlen Specter was the senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee for many years . . .
Speaking of which, now that there is a vacancy on SCOTUS the issue of who becomes Ranking Republican on Judiciary takes on more interest.