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>By your metric, you'd think our Supreme court judges were puppets too In the US supreme court judges almost always agree with whatever position is favoured by
by logicchains 3y ago
>By your metric, you'd think our Supreme court judges were puppets too
In the US supreme court judges almost always agree with whatever position is favoured by the party that appointed them, even if nominally independent.
- barsonme 3y agoIf this were true, SCOTUS would almost always be split 5-4. But, it is not. In fact, it typically has significantly more 9-0 decisions than 5-4. For example: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/23/trey-wingo/despite-popular-misconception-supreme-court-9-0-ru/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/23/trey-wingo...
- logicchains 3y ago>If this were true, SCOTUS would almost always be split 5-4 That'd only be the case if there were no policies with bi-partisan support. How many of those 9-0 are for politically contentious issues?
- b112 3y agoYou say that as if that's relevant, when discussing Canada. And you're confusing political leanings, with influence. Political leanings which can, and have changed over careers. Not to mention, some of them outlive everyone who appointed them.