Congress's dysfunction is impacting the judicial appointments of Supreme Court justices including Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Clarence Thomas.
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Updated Jul 5
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Congress's dysfunction is impacting the judicial appointments of Supreme Court justices including Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Clarence Thomas.
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Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- Calls have emerged for both Supreme Court justices, Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett, to step down from their posts.Sub-event
- A Republican leader from Louisiana addressed the ongoing challenges to birthright citizenship, noting how judicial philosophy divides the conservative majority on the 14th Amendment.Sub-event
Congress's dysfunction is impacting the judicial appointments of Supreme Court justices including Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Clarence Thomas.1 source
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The entities involved
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house of representatives
general term for legislative bodies
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Brett Kavanaugh
U.S. Supreme Court justice since 2018 (born 1965)
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Amy Coney Barrett
American lawyer and jurist (born 1972)
- In the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered a dissenting opinion while Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority opinion, citing the House Committee's legislative intent.
- On September 17, 2026, Donald Trump appointed Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, noting the influence of executive power views and the views of Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
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Clarence Thomas
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991
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- Trump appointed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
- Trump appointed justices to the Supreme Court, with the actions setting precedents based on FDR's proposals for judicial power.