{"id":50979,"date":"2015-05-12T04:29:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T10:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/12\/the-third-partisan-branch-of-government.html"},"modified":"2015-05-13T05:58:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T11:58:14","slug":"the-third-partisan-branch-of-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/12\/the-third-partisan-branch-of-government.html","title":{"rendered":"The Third Partisan Branch of Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

From what I've read and heard directly from Supreme Court insiders, it's not quite that straightforward, and justice philosophies don't necessarily line up behind partisan talking points.<\/p>\n

That said, it is fairly clear that the era of "a president nominates a justice who turns out profoundly different from what everyone expected of someone nominated by that president" is clearly over. And, yes, the 2016 election is, irksomely, complicated by precisely that calculus.<\/p>\n

'I hate the “you have to vote in the next election because of the Supreme Court!” argument. I hate it because it lets the candidates off the hook: they can offer nothing whatsoever to voters and then rely on SCOTUS fearmongering to get out the vote. I also hate it because it’s a very credible argument. There is never going to be another David Souter, or a justice who gets confirmed and then has an ideological shift on the bench. This next presidential election will also be an election for the next generation of the Supreme Court, and it’s no tragedy that most Americans understand this cynical reality.'<\/i><\/p>\n

It would be a shame if the next election was based on "Who would you rather nominate the next 3-4 members of the Supreme Court? Hillary? Jeb? Bernie? Ted? Rand? Scott? Mike?" But it could be as simple as that.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +Salon<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The myth of the impartial Supreme Court is officially dead…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nSupreme Court’s grand ruse ends: Finally, Americans see the justices for the political hacks they are<\/a><\/span>
\nIt’s great that we’re no longer pretending the Supreme Court is immune to politics\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From what I've read and heard directly from Supreme Court insiders, it's not quite that straightforward, and justice philosophies don't necessarily line up behind partisan talking points. 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