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[–] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm less concerned here because the justices pick their own clerks. The slight over-representation versus 6-3 suggests to me that, true to form, the conservatives have a little gaggle of elite judges that they rely upon, rather than giving the clerks from many judges a shot.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    That’s fair. When looking at previous feeder judges, they also seemed heavily Republican stacked, but I didn’t want to check them all

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    It's certainly worth pointing out, though, as it underlines how self-reinforcing the judiciary is, and your data shows just how well the republicans have done to get judges confirmed (fuckin' Mitch McConnell).

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