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UNB/Year 5/Semester 1/HIST1451/In class notes.md

@@ -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
 - 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
+- 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