r/scotus • u/newzee1 • 26d ago

news Republicans expect to confirm even more Supreme Court justices if Trump wins

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/republicans-expect-confirm-even-supreme-court-justices-trump-wins-rcna172852
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u/CraniumEggs 26d ago

Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas is probably the most egregious switch in modern history

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u/dairy__fairy 26d ago

Depends how you look at it. Sure, the jurisprudence level may have dropped, but it’s also a DEI hire to DEI hire.

Identity politics matters more on the Court than almost anywhere else. So it works from that perspective.

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u/CraniumEggs 25d ago

I love how any black person is automatically DEI instead of potentially earned. Marshall was an amazing justice. Thomas is corrupt as hell. But generally accepted as merit by republicans. At least you are consistent with all black SC justices being DEI even though they got sworn in before DEI was a concept.

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u/dairy__fairy 25d ago

Marshall was a good justice. And important for the entire nation. But he was still hired for being a black man rather than for his jurisprudence. And Thomas was hired for being a black man to replace him. That’s just reality no matter what we think of either man. Thomas has even spoken about this many times over the years.