(1) Before Ginsburg and Breyer, Justice Clarence Thomas was confirmed by a Democratic Senate, and Justice Antonin Scalia by a 98-0 vote.
At the time it was the custom to have some bipartisan agreement on Supreme Court appointments, but that's no longer the case.
It is you, Mike, who live near the Reagan era.
Today we are in the Garland-Kavanaugh world, not the Ginsburg-Breyer one.
(2) As to why a ballot measure success is a victory even when the measure is not immediately enforced, I have already replied in previous posts:
https://www.cncpunishment.com/forums...610#post125610
https://www.cncpunishment.com/forums...658#post125658
(3) For those interested by the subject matter of this thread:
https://www.cncpunishment.com/forums...825#post126825
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