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[35] [36] Also note that the nature of the cases the Supreme Court chooses to hear and which questions they choose to address may lead the justices to appear more liberal or conservative than they would if they were hearing a different set of cases and chose to answer a different set of questions; the Court accepts only 100–200 of the more ...
And Trump would be able to expand the court's conservative majority to 7-2 if one of the three liberal justices steps down during his presidency. The oldest of the three, Sonia Sotomayor, is 70 ...
The two oldest justices are also the bench’s most conservative. Clarence Thomas, 76, joined 33 years ago and is on track to become the longest-serving justice in the court’s history early in 2028.
The idea of imposing a term limit on Supreme Court justices is gaining traction. ... the court would comprise "four strongly liberal justices, three strongly conservative justices, a moderately ...
The JCS factors in the ideology scores of the president, as well as both senators from the judge's home state. If both senators are in the president's party, their scores are averaged. If both senators are from another party, then neither senator's score is used. [3] The judge is placed on a spectrum of liberal and conservative.
The 300-page final report reviewed the history and legal significance of various questions around the Supreme Court, but did not support any structural changes. [14] While it was generally supportive of allowing TV cameras in the courtroom , it did not take a position on issues such as term limits or expanding the court .
“Conservative” justices (six) currently outnumber “liberal” justices (three) on the court. None of them has indicated that they intend to step down soon. ... Sixteen Supreme Court justices ...
The "switch", together with the retirement of Justice Van Devanter at the end of the 1937 spring term, is often viewed as having contributed to the demise of Roosevelt's court reform bill. The failure of the bill preserved the size of the U.S. Supreme Court at nine justices, as it had been since 1869 and remains to this day.