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Hillary Clinton

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workinclasszero

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Mon Aug 22, 2016, 02:20 PM Aug 2016

Hillary Clinton will likely have a unique chance to remake the federal judiciary [View all]

Hillary Clinton will likely have a unique chance to remake the federal judiciary
Updated by Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias matt@vox.com Aug 22, 2016, 10:00a


Hillary Clinton has the capacity to do something that almost never gets discussed in the campaign: change the ideological landscape of the federal judiciary for a generation. It could be one of the defining features of her legacy.

In part, that will be a consequence of getting to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left open by Antonin Scalia — creating the first progressive Supreme Court majority in decades and opening the door to much more expansive efforts at progressive legal advocacy.

But it more subtly reflects a Clinton administration’s likely impact on lower courts.

http://www.vox.com/2016/8/22/12550852/hillary-clinton-lower-courts
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This will be major. And lasting! NurseJackie Aug 2016 #1
This is why the democratic party workinclasszero Aug 2016 #2
Replacing Scalia Tommy2Tone Aug 2016 #3
Let's hope we get the Senate! William769 Aug 2016 #4
Yes. fleabiscuit Aug 2016 #5
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