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linotype 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Tesla Robotaxi

Who nominates the justices to the US Supreme Court?

ben_w 4 months ago [–]

De jure or de facto?

One of the judges died in Obama's term, and senators explicitly declared they would not consider any nomination he made:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-stolen-suprem...

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