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    Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jul 9

    Something that hit me tonight: As of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement at the end of this month, I will have followed the nominations of every sitting justice.

    9:40 PM - 9 Jul 2018
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      2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jul 9

        The first Supreme Court confirmation vote that I paid attention to was that of Justice Clarence Thomas in Oct 1991. I asked if we could keep the TV on during dinner so that I could watch. I was in 9th grade.

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      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jul 9

        In the high school years that followed, President Bill Clinton was elected and I watched his nominations of Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer.

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      4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jul 9

        I made it all the way through college, worked two years at a newspaper, went to law school, and started at a law firm before there was another vacancy.

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      5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jul 9

        The other thing I realized tonight is that, when the vacancy left by Kennedy’s retirement is filled, two-thirds of the Supreme Court will have taken their seat on the high court since I became a lawyer. (As in, wow, I am getting older!)

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      6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jul 9

        Those last 6 seats have included 9 nominations: O’Connor —> Roberts (withdrawn) Rehnquist —> Roberts O’Connor —> Miers (withdrawn) O’Connor —> Alito Souter —> Sotomayor Stevens —> Kagan Scalia —> Garland (not acted upon) Scalia —> Gorsuch Kennedy —> Kavanaugh

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      7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jul 9

        In any event, the courts are really important, what the Supreme Court does is really important and history in the making, and if you had told 9th-grade me what my job would be today he would have fallen out of his chair at the dinner table with excitement and disbelief.

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      8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jul 9

        Thanks for reading, and thanks to everyone who encouraged my obsessions when I was a student in Ohio, everyone who puts up with my obsessions now, & everyone in between. I’m honored and humbled on days like today that I get to do this work. I just try to do my best. Night, again!

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      2. HRCSuperVol1‏ @hrcsupervol01 Jul 9
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Hey how about you find out why Kennedy is in Austria

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      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jul 9
        Replying to @hrcsupervol01

        Because ... he goes every year to teach a summer course?

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      4. HRCSuperVol1‏ @hrcsupervol01 Jul 9
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Ok but has anyone looked into what else he does there and exactly how many years has he been doing that?

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      5. Emil Caillaux‏ @emilcDC Jul 10
        Replying to @hrcsupervol01 @chrisgeidner

        Here. It took literally five seconds to Google this. http://www.mcgeorge.edu/Anthony_Kennedy.htm …

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      2. Jeff B.‏Verified account @EsotericCD Jul 9
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Same here, because I remember the Thomas hearings extremely well as a kid. Man I feel old.

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      3. Andrew Elliott McBurney‏ @aemcburney Jul 9
        Replying to @EsotericCD @chrisgeidner

        I was in college. Now I feel old. Humph.

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      1. Thomas Berry‏ @Thomas_A_Berry Jul 9
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        As of Kennedy's retirement, I will have *been alive* for every nomination. Also a milestone!

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      1. Scott A Perkins‏ @scottaperkins Jul 10
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        And thank you for doing so for all the rest of us!

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      1. mobilematt‏ @mobilematt Jul 10
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Hopefully he gets “Borked” (that means he’s voted against. Look it up, people.)

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      1. Miao‏ @MiaoReport Jul 9
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        You're ol.... oh so very, very experienced.pic.twitter.com/juwSLtFnWf

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      1. laura kay‏ @sallyatticum Jul 9
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        Really? .... Gosh..... I guess I have, too!! Yikes.

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      1. Susies Andb  🌊 🌊 🌊‏ @susiesandb Jul 9
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        No way!!???

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      1. Jill S.‏ @outseide Jul 9
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        wow!

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