Social Sciences and History / Unit 8 SSH 0721 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Lifetime Tenure and Surprised Presidents
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The idea
Presidents hope their judicial nominees will rule as they lean, but lifetime tenure frees judges to act as they see fit; perfect alignment is not expected. Presidents have sometimes been surprised, the anchor says: Eisenhower by Warren, Reagan by Kennedy.
In practice
A judge liberal on most issues and conservative on others.
Where people slip
Historical presidents named as the record.
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