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   Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 15:21:46 JST Nonilex

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   #SCOTUS now has 6 #conservative justices, appointed by fmr Presidents #Trump, #GeorgeWBush & #GeorgeHWBush, & 3 #liberal ones, appointed by #POTUS #Biden & fmr Pres Barack #Obama. 3 justices, all #conservatives, have served >18 yrs: CJ #JohnRoberts, &Justices #Alito & #ClarenceThomas.

   If #TermLimits had allowed the president to choose a justice every 2yrs during the most recent 4 admins, those numbers would be reversed: 6 would have been appointed by #Democratic presidents, & 3 by #Republicans.

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     Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jul-2024 15:21:47 JST Nonilex

     #POTUS #Biden proposed major changes to #SCOTUS on Mon, including 18-yr #TermLimits for justices & a binding code of conduct.

     Under Biden’s term-limit plan, presidents would appoint a new #SupremeCourt justice every 2 yrs. If that rule had already been in effect over the past 2 decades & each justice had served the full 18-yr term, the court’s ideological split would be flipped.

     #law
     https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/29/us/politics/supreme-court-biden-term-limits.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 repeated this.