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Supreme court always reflects the political controversies of the day. in the early days of the republic, regional differences, the period leading up to the civil war. you had to have a number of southern justices, northern justices, western justices. no one cares what state they're from now. later when we have immigration, you had the catholic seat, jewish seat, then of course 1965 the first african-american, 1981, the first woman. last year the first hispanic. those are the landmarks that matter now. we are getting in an ideological age. george bush did not nominate samuel alito and john robe...
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