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I don't really know what to make of "republicans have had control of the Supreme Court for years." Overturning Obamacare was their number one priority during th
by Agathos 6y ago
I don't really know what to make of "republicans have had control of the Supreme Court for years." Overturning Obamacare was their number one priority during the Obama administration. The Supreme Court chose not to. The five justices who chose not to are still seated. Some control.
- Retric 6y agoScalia and Kennedy where both republican appointments and replaced with Republican appointments. So if you’re saying they have 5-4 control now they also had 5-4 control then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Suprem... That said, many justices have not voted as expected. In other cases political parties have swapped positions on various issues etc.