Supreme Court Justices Stances

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Supreme court justices stances - The stance taken by thomas and alito two of the court s most conservative justices comes as the senate is moving forward quickly with the confirmation process for president donald trump s. It would be the second closest nomination to a presidential election in american history. Home main page issues. Ernst doubles down on contradictory supreme court stances posted september 28th 2020 at 9 13pm by elizabeth meyer it took less than one minute on monday night for sen.

With the confirmation of brett kavanaugh to the supreme court in 2018 president trump cemented a solid conservative majority on the bench. The 2016 presidential election happened as a seat on the supreme court was at stake following the death of a justice that will be the case yet again in 2020 after justice ruth bader ginsburg. Associate justice clarence thomas appointed by president george h. Nominated as chief justice by president reagan he assumed that office on september 26 1986.

Click on a justice s name below to see their stances on the issues. Five of the eight supreme court justices lean conservative and three lean liberal. Kavanaugh has the second most conservative score 0 693 next to justice clarence thomas 0 725 per a measure that score judges on a liberal conservative spectrum. Wade since its inception in 1973.

The supreme court has consistently upheld roe v. Following the death of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg president donald trump said he would move without delay to nominate a successor. The united states supreme court is the highest federal court of the united states established pursuant to article three of the united states constitution in 1789 it has ultimate and largely discretionary appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and state court cases involving issues of federal law plus original jurisdiction over a small range of cases. While four gop senators would need to join.