Has any other President put three Supreme Court Justices on in their first term?

[Polybius]

Not counting George Washington of course. Clinton, W Bush, and Obama only had two Justices confirmed in two terms. The last to have successfully put on three was Reagan, in two terms.

[Shermann]

1. The third one crossed a line

That's going to come at a price that can be felt.

[Mister Ed]

8. Each one crossed a line.

Gorsuch was appointed to a seat left open for the better part of a year through Mitch McConnell's malfeasance.

Kavanaugh, I suspect, stepped into a vacancy created by blackmailing Justice Kennedy into resigning.

The poorly-qualified Barrett has been rushed through while an election was in progress.

[11 Bravo]

11. Barrett is not unqualified. However ...

she is a religious bigot, and a member of a fringe cult which would deny basic rights and dignity to millions of Americans. As such, she is most definitely unsuited to sit on the highest court in the land.

[Mister Ed]

15. Well, now, I did say "poorly qualified".

That's a very subjective term, without a legal meaning, that I deliberately chose in order to express a personal opinion.

That personal opinion is based on the fact that she's never yet judged a case.

[Polybius]

17. Kavanaugh was the exact opposite

Super-qualified in terms of judicial experience, but still sucks.

[JHB]

12. Not only that, but each one crossed a line because...

...the election was stolen, and it should have been Hillary Clinton picking the latter two seats, with Merrick Garland finally being seated in between the election and the inauguration.

[Aristus]

2. Let's make Joe Biden the next one to appoint three.

Kick out Frat Boy, wake Thomas up out of his coma, kick him out, too, then select which feckless robe-wearer gives up his gavel next...

[dware]

10. All fine and dandy.

Do you have a plan to kick them out?

[Aristus]

13. I was hoping you would...

[dware]

14. Impeaching won't work, no chance of conviction or removal in the Senate,

so, they only alternative is for President Biden to appoint at least 4 more Justices to match the number of Circuit Courts in the country, and that would give us a 7-6 majority, and, if we're lucky, Thomas will either get sick and resign, or he dies and Pres. Biden gets to name a new SCJ, making it 8-5.

That would be my plan.

[Polybius]

18. Impeaching Thomas I wouldn't support

There's just no basis for it, and it opens up a can of worms.

[madaboutharry]

3. Do stolen seats count?

[Blue Owl]

4. Absolutely sickening

n/t

[Statistical]

5. In their first term nobody since Hoover.

Some Presidents since then have appointed three or four but over two terms.

Biden if he serves only one term could be the first President since Carter to have zero Supreme Court appointments unless we expand the court.

[Polybius]

19. I think Stephen Breyer might retire

He's up there, and it would be a good time to fill the seat.

[Hyper_Eye]

6. Nixon had 4 confirmed all in his first term. N/T

[Blue_true]

16. That is interesting.

I remember the brutal 6-3 conservative rulings of the late 70s and early 80s.

The most interesting thing for me is that people on the left helped elect Nixon by coming down hard on Humphrey for being LBJ’s VP. Fast forward, some of the same holier than thou types relentlessly attacked Hillary and helped Trump get elected.

Where would we be as a nation if the 68, 80, 2000 and 2016 elections had ended opposite of how they did? My argument is that we likely would have already accomplished the things that holier than thou people claim are the gold standard and achieving anything else would be wholly inadequate.

[Polybius]

20. Yeah but of those 4 that Nixon appointed, only one was a real conservative

Conservatives say that he only got one right, the far-right William Rehnquist. Actually now that I think about it, conservatives get a lot of Justices wrong (or right because they become liberals lol).

Ford: John Paul Stevens: Liberal
Reagan: O'Conner and Kennedy: Moderate conservatives
Bush I: Souter: Liberal
Bush II: Roberts: Conservative, but sides with the liberals every 5 or so decisions
Trump: Gorsuch: Unknown at this time, but I think he becomes a moderate conservative.

The last one we got wrong was Byron White, appointed by JFK. He was ok sometimes but opposed Roe vs. Wade.

[Alpeduez21]

7. fuck you, Jill Stein and protest voters. Fuck You

[vercetti2021]

9. Yeah

Joe Biden when they restore the courts. Six young liberals.