Partisan Politicians in the Supreme Court

[Keith Broaders]

In order for the Supreme Court to function properly we need to require at lleast two thirds of the senatorsto  vote for their confirmation

The President nominates the candidates for the Supreme Court and which ever party controls Congress determines who will be comfirmed.

John Robert        78 to 22      78%

 55-0 republicans  22 -22 Democrats 

Samuel Alito   58 to 42      58%

54- 1  republicans   4-40 Democrats

Brett Kavanaugh   50 to 48      51%

 49 -0  Repiublicans  1-47 Democrats

Neil Gorsuch   54 to 45      56%

   51-0 Rpublicans   3-45 Democrats 

Sonya   Sotomayor       68 to 31 68%

  9 -31 Republicans        57-0 Democrats 

Elena Kagan   63 to 37      63%

5-32 Rebublican s            56-1 Democrats

Clarence Thomas   52 to 48     52%

41- 2 Republicans R     11-46 Democrats 

Amy Coney Barrett  52 to 48     52%

52-1 Repub;ican -      47 0  Democrats 

Cotangiou Brown Jackson   51 to 50    50%

 3- 47 Republicans   48 3 Democrats

Only John Robets and Sonya Sotomayor were confirmed by at least two thirds of the senators.

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