• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Reversing Roe took 50 years because it took that long to get enough conservative judges appointed. It could not have happened sooner.

    In my lifetime, Democratic presidents have only been able to appoint 5 justices to the court compared to 15 for Republican presidents.

    If we want to change the gun rulings, that needs to be reversed, which should only take, oh, another 50 years or so.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members_text.aspx

    Burger, Warren Earl - Nixon
    Blackmun, Harry A. - Nixon
    Powell, Lewis F., Jr. - Nixon
    Rehnquist, William H. - Nixon
    Stevens, John Paul - Ford
    O’Connor, Sandra Day - Reagan
    Scalia, Antonin - Reagan
    Kennedy, Anthony M. - Reagan
    Souter, David H. - Bush, G. H. W.
    Thomas, Clarence - Bush, G. H. W.
    Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - Clinton
    Breyer, Stephen G. - Clinton
    Roberts, John G., Jr. - Bush, G. W.
    Alito, Samuel A., Jr. - Bush, G. W.
    Sotomayor, Sonia - Obama
    Kagan, Elena - Obama
    Gorsuch, Neil M. - Trump
    Kavanaugh, Brett M. - Trump
    Barrett, Amy Coney - Trump
    Jackson, Ketanji Brown - Biden