Here's something interesting: Republicans have appointed 7 of the 9 sitting Justices of the Supreme Court:
Rhenquist: 1971 Nixon
Kennedy: 1975 Ford
Stevens: 1975 Ford
O'Conner: 1981 Reagan
Scalia: 1986 Reagan
Souter: 1990 GHW Bush
Thomas: 1991 GHW Bush
Ginsburg: 1993 Clinton
Breyer: 1994 Clinton
I suppose they would argue that Ford wasn't a "real" Republican and thus appointed the Right's current bete noir, Justice Kenndy, author of the opinions holding that laws criminalizing homosexual sex and allowing execution of minors were unconstitutional. But even so, how do you explain O'Connor, who voted with Kennedy in the sodomy case and Souter who voted with Kenndy in both? Is it possible that neither Reagan nor GHW Bush was a "real" Republican either?
The point has been made before: Being on the Supreme Court changes people, often in ways the Republicans don't anticipate or like very mauch.
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