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Which Supreme Court Justices are considered conservative?
Posted on 6/26/17 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 6/26/17 at 6:21 pm
Here's a list of the current Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court:
Chief Justice John Glover Roberts, Jr. is 62 (DOB: 27 January, 1955).
Justice Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg is 84 (DOB: 15 March, 1933).
Justice Anthony McLeod Kennedy is 80 (DOB: 23 July, 1936).
Justice Stephen Gerald Breyer is 78 (DOB: 14 August 1938).
Justice Clarence Thomas is 69 (DOB: 23 June, 1948).
Justice Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. is 67 (DOB: 1 April, 1950).
Justice Sonia Sotomayor is 63 (DOB: 25 June, 1954).
Justice Elena Kagan is 57 (DOB: 28 April, 1960).
Justice Neil Gorsuch is 49 (DOB: August 29, 1967).
If they were grouped or ranked, where would they fall in terms of conservative or liberal in their interpretation of the constitution?
Which ones may retire during the current administration?
Chief Justice John Glover Roberts, Jr. is 62 (DOB: 27 January, 1955).
Justice Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg is 84 (DOB: 15 March, 1933).
Justice Anthony McLeod Kennedy is 80 (DOB: 23 July, 1936).
Justice Stephen Gerald Breyer is 78 (DOB: 14 August 1938).
Justice Clarence Thomas is 69 (DOB: 23 June, 1948).
Justice Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. is 67 (DOB: 1 April, 1950).
Justice Sonia Sotomayor is 63 (DOB: 25 June, 1954).
Justice Elena Kagan is 57 (DOB: 28 April, 1960).
Justice Neil Gorsuch is 49 (DOB: August 29, 1967).
If they were grouped or ranked, where would they fall in terms of conservative or liberal in their interpretation of the constitution?
Which ones may retire during the current administration?
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Posted on 6/26/17 at 6:28 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Conservative: Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, and Alitto
Swing: Kennedy
Liberal: RGB, Sotomayor, Kagan and Breyer
Ginsberg is 83 and Kennedy is 81. RGB may die, and Kennedy wants to retire. Breyer is also 78, so he's could retire or die. Thomas apparently, though a little younger than those, has been wanting to retire for some time.
Swing: Kennedy
Liberal: RGB, Sotomayor, Kagan and Breyer
Ginsberg is 83 and Kennedy is 81. RGB may die, and Kennedy wants to retire. Breyer is also 78, so he's could retire or die. Thomas apparently, though a little younger than those, has been wanting to retire for some time.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 6:34 pm to Ramblin Wreck
The answer gets a lot more interesting with the cases that aren't in the media/political spotlight.
This post was edited on 6/26/17 at 6:34 pm
Posted on 6/26/17 at 6:43 pm to Ramblin Wreck
They're all authoritarians. The "conservative" justices are usually pro-individual liberty on economic issues but horrible on many social issues or law and order cases. The "liberal" justices are ok on some of the law and order cases but favor expanding the authority of state in most instances.
The last doctrinaire libertarian on the court was William O. Douglas, who would never sniff being nominated in today's society.
The last doctrinaire libertarian on the court was William O. Douglas, who would never sniff being nominated in today's society.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 6:47 pm to TigernMS12
quote:
Conservative: Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, and Alitto
Swing: Kennedy
Liberal: RGB, Sotomayor, Kagan and Breyer
Ginsberg is 83 and Kennedy is 81. RGB may die, and Kennedy wants to retire. Breyer is also 78, so he's could retire or die. Thomas apparently, though a little younger than those, has been wanting to retire for some time
this sums it up well.
POTUS, especially if re-elected, has potential to set a hard conservative court for generations to come.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 6:51 pm to TigernMS12
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Conservative: Roberts,
Ranking them from most conservative to most liberal:
Thomas
Gorsuch (although we have a very small body of work to judge on)
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Alito
v
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Roberts
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Kennedy
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Kagan
Breyer
v
RGB
Sotomayor
This post was edited on 6/26/17 at 6:52 pm
Posted on 6/26/17 at 6:52 pm to SCLibertarian
The team of Scalia/RBG was actually a fairly good one for 4th Amendment issues, about the only thing RBG ever got right.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 6:56 pm to lionward2014
I agree with you on that, but Scalia's opinion in Gonzales vs. Raich was the most intellectually dishonest and incongruent opinion I've ever read, especially given the precedent in the Lopez and Morrison cases.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 6:58 pm to lionward2014
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The team of Scalia/RBG was actually a fairly good one for 4th Amendment issues, about the only thing RBG ever got right.
Yea, the court's generalized makeup is much less true in criminal cases.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 7:02 pm to SCLibertarian
The whole Commerce Clause is out of control. Wickard and all of the cases stemming from the War on Drugs are two of the biggest tragedies in our jurisprudence.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 7:19 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch are conservative
Sotomeyor, Kagan, Breyer, and RBG are liberals
Roberts and Kennedy are swing voters
Sotomeyor, Kagan, Breyer, and RBG are liberals
Roberts and Kennedy are swing voters
Posted on 6/26/17 at 7:26 pm to Bamatab
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Ranking them from most conservative to most liberal:
Thomas
Now that he's carrying the Scalia flame (hell Thomas was more rigid than Scalia) there is nobody close to F-you jurisprudence on the court.
The "other conservatives" on the court are only conservative (whatever that political term really means in law) or more accurate - strict constructionists or originalists like Thomas - because they are not crazy liberals who expand the powers of the court and put everything under the ever growing rainbow umbrella of the constitution.
But there's nobody who was like Scalia and Thomas...old tag team...going old school all the time, everytime.
This post was edited on 6/26/17 at 7:28 pm
Posted on 6/26/17 at 7:33 pm to 225bred
quote:
POTUS, especially if re-elected, has potential to set a hard conservative court for generations to come.
If Trump can get his arse re-elected we will have a 7-2 court for at least a couple decades
It is an absolute must
All resources must be expended to get him reelected
Unless of course those activist fricks die in the next 3 and a half years to make it easy
Posted on 6/26/17 at 7:38 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Now that he's carrying the Scalia flame (hell Thomas was more rigid than Scalia) there is nobody close to F-you jurisprudence on the court.
I know we have a small sample size right now, but looks like Gorsuch is living up to the billing so far.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 7:42 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Anthony Kennedy has been the most powerful man in the United States for 20 years or more. I don't care how unassuming you are, that must be very difficult to walk away from.
Posted on 6/26/17 at 7:46 pm to texashorn
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Anthony Kennedy has been the most powerful man in the United States for 20 years or more. I don't care how unassuming you are, that must be very difficult to walk away from.
bet he gets BJs from those lib hotties to go lib when he does
don't call him the swing(er) vote for nothing
Posted on 6/26/17 at 7:53 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Posted on 6/26/17 at 8:34 pm to kingbob
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Roberts and Kennedy are swing voters
What makes Roberts a swing? One vote in a big case that you didn't like?
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