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0 pointswoodruffw3y ago0 comments

No, you couldn't. The Ninth Circuit isn't nearly as politically lopsided[1].

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A judge being nominated by a Republican isn't exactly a great indicator of the political philosophy of a justice.

Quite liberal justices of the Supreme Court were nominated by Republicans (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/john-paul-stevens-an...). To be fair, prolly still too soon to tell with Trump.

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0 pointswoodruffw3y ago0 comments

No, you couldn't. The Ninth Circuit isn't nearly as politically lopsided[1].

A judge being nominated by a Republican isn't exactly a great indicator of the political philosophy of a justice.

Quite liberal justices of the Supreme Court were nominated by Republicans (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/john-paul-stevens-an...). To be fair, prolly still too soon to tell with Trump.

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