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brooklynite

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12. I give partial credit to Justin Thurgood Marshall...

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2024, 07:05 AM

Mar 29

He was 72 when Reagan beat Carter, who never got a SC appointment. He could have retired after the election and the Democratic Senate could have approved a young liberal justice.

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We can thank George H.W. Bush for Clarence Thomas. He gets full credit. [View all] OAITW r.2.0 Mar 29 OP

I believe full credit goes to his father, George H. W. Bush. dchill Mar 29 #1

Correct and will correct my error. Nepotism is like that. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 29 #2

He was like the third pick. The senate kept saying no to others. jimfields33 Mar 29 #10

Actually, you'd have to thank his dad DFW Mar 29 #3

Forgot the H in my OP. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 29 #5

The devil is always in the details n/t DFW Mar 29 #8

After watching him on Alex NJCher Mar 29 #4

He's Just Tom JustAnotherGen Mar 29 #11

Thurgood Marshall must be turning in his grave at this grotesque replacement. alwaysinasnit Mar 29 #6

THIS malaise Mar 29 #7

Him, and conservativers in general, ever since they made it a project to put operatives on the bench JHB Mar 29 #9

I give partial credit to Justin Thurgood Marshall... brooklynite Mar 29 #12

To be fair, Reagan didn't appear like he would win until the no_hypocrisy Mar 29 #13

He could have retired in the Lame Duck session brooklynite Mar 29 #14

Carter lost to Reagan in 1980 SocialDemocrat61 Mar 29 #16

Biden also was hostile to Anita Hill during the confirmation hearings. Ursus Rex Mar 29 #15