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“Supreme Court appointments are always controversial.” Discuss.
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Jon Burrowes "Supreme Court appointments are always controversial." Discuss. The first stage in the process of the appointment of a Supreme Court is obviously the appearance of a vacancy on the court. How many appointments a president will make during his time in office is entirely unpredictable and can only happen when a justice resigns, retires or dies. Reagan made three Supreme Court appointments in his two terms and George H. W. Bush made two appointments in his four years. Clinton, however only made two appointments during his eight years and Jimmy Carter made none at all during his single term in office. Similarly, had George W. Bush lost to John Kerry in the 2004 election, he would have made no appointments, although now he has recently appointed John Roberts as Chief Justice, and is about to make another appointment to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. The Supreme Court appointments are the only...
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