• Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Oh, absolutely agreed, but keep in mind that Heller was in 2008 and the court has only gotten MORE conservative since then, not less.

    Here’s a fun stat:

    Looking just at the Supreme Court in my lifetime (have to start somewhere!), we have had 8 Republican Presidential terms and 6 Democratic ones. Not a dramatic difference, right? Now look at the Justices placed on the court:

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members_text.aspx

    Nixon - 3
    Nixon/Ford - 1
    Reagan - 1
    Reagan - 2
    Bush Sr. - 2
    Bush Jr. - 0
    Bush Jr. - 2
    Trump - 3

    Carter - 0
    Clinton - 2
    Clinton - 0
    Obama - 2
    Obama - 0*
    Biden - 1

    54 years, 14 Republican Justices to 5 Democratic ones.