# Trump's Supreme Court nominee? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 20, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-supreme-court-nominee/921092 "2020-09-20T19:00:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-supreme-court-nominee/921092/381 "2020-10-28T05:17:14Z")
I seem to recall she was a justice until about 6 weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-supreme-court-nominee/921092/382 "2020-10-28T05:25:41Z")
Her swearing in ceremony was in 1993. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-supreme-court-nominee/921092/383 "2020-10-28T05:36:29Z")
The game is power and all politicians are playing it. Some are more successful than others. Seriously, if you want the stakes lowered then power has to checked and in our system the legislative branch has been spineless with keeping their power. They in essence punt the difficult issues to the courts and allow the executive branch far too much power via regulatory bodies. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-supreme-court-nominee/921092/384 "2020-10-28T23:16:10Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > That will increasingly be seen as the correct thing to do by everyone but the rabid right, I believe. > > The rabid right will probably be perfectly fine with expanding the Court to 13 justices…as long as it’s they who get to pick the 4 new justices. Yes, and we should expect Lame-Duck Donald to attempt to do exactly that. With the Senate configuration changing, most likely in Democrats’ favor, by the two special elections (or at least by the Arizona one), and with a Democratic majority likely to have been elected Nov 3, Trump may not find such an effort to be clear sailing. . . . > [@octopus](#): > > How does a larger number mean more independence? The House has 435 members and I don’t see much independence there. … Bad comparison: members of the House have to run for re-election every two years. Members of SCOTUS do not. Of course that’s true now; the effect of larger numbers on the Court, I believe, would be more along the lines of less pressure on Justices to rule according to the wishes of the party that appointed them. Each individual Justice would be of less earth-shaking importance. Of course the ideal is that Justices are fully insulated from the pressure of party imperatives. But in practice it appears that they do, sometimes, feel an influence. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-supreme-court-nominee/921092/385 "2020-10-29T13:33:11Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Seriously, if you want the stakes lowered then power has to checked and in our system the legislative branch has been spineless with keeping their power. This is something that I agree with entirely. But, you know who is actually in charge of that legislative branch, who has been spineless and feckless? Who has had control over congress for most of the last decade? Who currently obstructs any legislation that would put in place checks on the executive? If you want the legislative branch to regain status as an effective part of government and a check on executive power, then you should support the party that wishes to govern, rather than the party that wants to demonstrate the ineffectiveness of government. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-supreme-court-nominee/921092.md?page=19)