• lets_get_off_lemmy@reddthat.com
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    6 months ago

    That’s just false. Two justices were appointed by Trump, one of which replaced RBG and she died. The other would arguably still be Kennedy because he wouldn’t have retired under Clinton, and he was probably less reactionary than Kavanaugh (time will tell). Also, Trump appointed a massive amount of lower court judges and that greatly affects what cases even make it up to the Supreme Court. A 5-4 majority by conservatives is wildly different than a 6-3 majority with massive lower court support.

    I don’t know how you can say “Clinton wouldn’t have been able to put any other judges in anyway” when we know that she would have replaced RBG.