You are of course correct -- the last democrat-nominated majority was during the Kennedy/Johnson era. The greatest majority lately was 8:1 during Bush Sr. The

You are of course correct -- the last democrat-nominated majority was during the Kennedy/Johnson era. The greatest majority lately was 8:1 during Bush Sr. The last democrat supermajority was during Roosevelt/Truman, when all 9 justices were democrat-nominated. For anyone who's interested, here's a google doc I created that shows the tenure of the justices with the party of the president that nominated them, starting from the end of Truman. It's been on my to-do list to extend it back to the first justices. Maybe I'll take that as a weekend project. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TKXH_wb29XumUAEXPGCnFD_w0i3tOeQnUspGJfi4HFA/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TKXH_wb29XumUAEXPGCn...