Are you in favor of stacking the Supreme Court?

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(10-08-2020, 02:02 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Right. Got it.

Because the Republicans politicized civil rights XD.

Thanks for making that clear, Bfine.

We always heard about how the "party switch" isn't real, but you just made it explicit that Republicans in 1987 believed in repressing civil rights.

Thanks for the lay up.

I know its Wikipedia but it had all the numbers in one place.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bork_Supreme_Court_nomination#Full_Senate

Two Democrats voted in favor.  Six Republicans voted against.



And it was more than civil rights:

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Quote:On July 31, 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Judge Robert Bork for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed Lewis Powell, who had earlier announced his retirement. At the time of his nomination, Bork was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a position to which he was appointed by President Reagan in 1982.


Bork's nomination precipitated a contentious Senate debate. Opposition to his nomination centered on his stated desire to roll back the civil rights decisions of the Warren and Burger courts and his role in the October 1973 Saturday Night Massacre. On October 23, 1987, the Senate rejected Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court by a roll call vote of 42–58. He is the most recent Supreme Court nominee to be officially rejected by the Senate.[note 1]


Reagan subsequently nominated Anthony Kennedy, who was viewed as a mainstream moderate. He was unanimously confirmed in February 1988.[1]

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