14 Jul 2016 2:11 pm
Please excuse me for diverting you to another thread, but I am answering all of my notifications in my Flying Monkeys thread for now.
I need a break from the cesspool.
There have been several Justices who ran for POTUS or other elective offices.
John Jay, the first Chief Justice, ran twice for elected office without resigning from the Supreme Court.
And William Howard Taft joined the Supreme Court AFTER he was President, so everyone knew were he stood politically.
RBG Is Hardly the First Supreme Court Justice to Mess With Presidential Politics
I need a break from the cesspool.
The SCOTUS has never been free of politics.socially centered » 14 Jul 2016 9:51 am » wrote:the SCOTUS is supposed to be free of politics...
There have been several Justices who ran for POTUS or other elective offices.
John Jay, the first Chief Justice, ran twice for elected office without resigning from the Supreme Court.
And William Howard Taft joined the Supreme Court AFTER he was President, so everyone knew were he stood politically.
You mean the way Scalia recused himself from a case involving his duck hunting buddy Dick Cheney?socially centered » 14 Jul 2016 9:51 am » wrote:...if the election goes to the SCOTUS to decide she'll have to recuse herself for her obvious bias against Trump.
RBG Is Hardly the First Supreme Court Justice to Mess With Presidential Politics