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A little more info on the Reagan appointment.
Justice Powell resigned in the summer of 1987.
And the Democrat Senate did this:
"Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell was considered a moderate, often referred to as a "swing vote" in close decisions. Even before his expected retirement on June 27, 1987, Senate Democrats had asked liberal leaders to form a "solid phalanx" to oppose whomever President Ronald Reagan nominated to replace Powell, assuming that it would tilt the court rightward."
So yeah, before everyone starts saying how this kind of thing never happened before and it's just because it's the EVIL Republicans...please recognize that it's ALWAYS been like this.
BOTH of the ruling party's are pieces of shit.
Anyway...after they delayed Reagan's appointee for the rest of the year...Bork was withdrawn and Anthony Kennedy was appointed and approved and took his seat on Feb. 18th 1988.
So there was no replacement of him from June of 1987 until Feb. of 1988.
THAT is how these bureaucrats work in Washington D.C.
We should vote every one of them out. One term and go home.
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