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@ -183,3 +183,46 @@ Right now, republicans control the house, with 222 seats, democrats have 211
- It includes a chief justice and Eight associate justices - It includes a chief justice and Eight associate justices
- The justices have a lifetime appointment, but can resign or be removed - The justices have a lifetime appointment, but can resign or be removed
- When a vacancy opens, the president with advice and consent appoints a new justice - When a vacancy opens, the president with advice and consent appoints a new justice
- Congress Passes the law, Executive executes the law, and the supreme court decides if the law is legal
## The Politicization of the Supreme Court
- Robert Bork
- Nominated by Ronald Reagan in 1987
- Viewed as a very conservative judge
- Opposition was based on his stated desire to roll back civil rights decisions
- Involved "The Saturday Night Massacre"
- Final vote 42 for 45 against
- Clarence Thomas & Anita Hill
- Sexual harassment allegations by Anita Hill
- Senate vote on Clarence Thomas in supreme court
- Joe Biden vetoed the rejection and he assumed a supreme court justice role
- Merrick Garland and Neil Gorsuch
- Nominated by Barrack Obama, but lost in the senate
- Mich McConnell refused to bring his name before the Senate
- Obama was livid, but Hillary Clinton was expected to win
- Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford
- Similar to Clarence Hill, accused of sexual assault/harassment
- Republicans controlled the senate, so he was voted in
- Amy Coney Barrett
- Donald Trump's third appointment
- Devote Roman Catholic
- 5th woman to serve on the court
- Nominated to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- "Notorious RBG"
- The right to sign a mortgage without a man
- Right to have a bank account without a husband or father
- The right to have a job without being discriminated based on Gender
- The right for women to be pregnant, have kids, and work
## How to become a supreme court justice
- Get nominated by the president
- Senate judiciary committee conducts hearings and votes on wherever your name should be given to the senate for a vote. Then the full senate considers the candidates and usually they vote to confirm
- Rejections are uncommon, only 12 rejections have ever happened in US history
- The court nominates has become a partisan exercise. You now need to control the senate to get a justice confirmed
## Everything is on the table
- Size of the court is not set in the constitution
- 1808 - 7
- 1837 - 9
- 1863 - 10
- After WW2 - Back to 9
- Statehood to
- District of Columbia
- Puerto Rico