Kumqolo ongaphambili ukusuka ngasekhohlo, Inkundla ePhakamileyo yase-US u-Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, owayesakuba liJaji eliDibeneyo u-Anthony M. Kennedy, iJaji eyiNtloko uJohn G. Roberts, u-Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, kunye ne-Justice Associate u-Stephen Breyer, kumqolo ongasemva ukusuka ekhohlo, Hlanganisa ne-Justice Elena Kagan, Nxibelelana noBulungisa uSamuel Alito Jr., Mnxibelelanisi wezoBulungisa Sonia Sotomayor, kunye noMthetho wezoBulungisa uNeil Gorsuch.Ifoto nguAlex Wong / Getty Izithombe Enye ye amabali amakhulu ka-2018 Kwakungokuva ukuqinisekiswa kukaBrett Kavanaugh. Oku kulandele unyaka ophelileyo vala ukuvala uNeil Gorsuch , kwaye kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, xa u-Obama watyunjwa UMerrick Garland akazange afumane ivoti . Omabini la maqela ukusukela oko atyhola elinye icala lokudlala ezopolitiko ngeeSenethi ngevoti kwizonyulo zomthetho. Kodwa ngaba elinye iqela kunokwenzeka ukuba lisasaze ukhetho lwelinye icala?
Ukutyunjwa kukaKavanaugh kwakumxinwa kakhulu, ngokutyunjwe ngumtyunjwa kaTrump ngokuvota nge50- 48, ubukhulu becala kwimigca yeqela. Kuza kwizithende zokuqinisekisa kukaGorsuch 54-45, ngeevoti ezimbalwa ezivela kwiDemocratic Party. Kodwa abaDemokhrasi babonisa ukuba uGarland wachitha phantse unyaka elinde ukuva kwakhe okungazange kufike, kuvaliwe yi-Senate Republican ngaphandle kokumangalelwa ngokungahambi kakuhle okanye ukugweba. ( Wade wafumana indumiso kwi-GOP Senator Orrin Hatch. )
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Inika umntu umbono wokuba akukho mntu unokufikelela kwinkundla ngaphandle kokulwa. Ngaphezulu, iqela ngalinye lityhole elinye ngokuba lingqongqo kubakhethiweyo beqela eliphikisayo. Ke, ngubani olungileyo?
Ukudlula ekukhombiseni umnwe kunye nokusonga ngesandla, Ndijonge ukutyunjwa kweNkundla ePhakamileyo nganye kwi-Senate ukubuyela kwi-1968 (Iminyaka engama-50). Ndijonge inani leevoti zomntu ngamnye otyunjiweyo kunye nenani leevoti ngokuchasene nomtyunjwa ngamnye, kunye nepesenti yeevoti ezixhasa ukutyunjwa ngakunye, ukufumana iimpendulo.
Nanku apho olu hlalutyo lunokufumana impikiswano. Uwajongana njani namatyala afana nalawa kaGarland, wenqatshelwe nokuba uvote ngumdlali weqonga? Ukusombulula ezi voti ziphikisanayo, ndakhupha amatyala amathathu abatyunjiweyo beDemokhrasi (Abe Fortas, Homer Thornberry kunye noMerrick Garland) bavinjwe ziindlela zeSenate, kunye nabathathu abatyunjwe yiRiphabhlikhi bavotelwa phantsi yi-US Senate (uClement Haynsworth, Harrold Carswell kunye noRobert Bork). Andibandakanyanga abagqatswa abangalunganga, njengoDoug Ginsburg okanye uHarriet Miers, ohoye ngaphandle kokuvota.
Ukususa abonyulwa abathandathu aboyisiweyo ebhodini (kusenza ukuba sikwazi ukuthelekisa ii-apile kunye nama-apile), kusinika abatyunjwa beRiphabhlikhi abali-15 kunye nabatyunjwa abane beDemokhrasi. Kungothusa umfundi ukuba bangaphi abonyuliweyo be-GOP abaye bathelekiswa namaDemokhrasi, kodwa ukusuka ngo-1968 ukuya ku-2018, iiDemokhrasi zazinamandla kuphela kwiminyaka engama-20 edlulileyo. Ungayichazanga eyokuba, uJimmy Carter ebengenayo iNkundla ePhakamileyo amathuba.
Abonyulwa be-GOP, i-15 i-avareji ye-77.6 yeevoti endaweni yabo, phantsi nje kwe-78.5 ye-avareji yevoti yabatyunjelwe iDemokhrasi. Kodwa abonyulwa abane beDemokhrasi bafumana iivoti ezingama-20 ngokuchasene, kukhethwe iRiphabhlikhi ejongene neevoti eziyi-15.267 ngokuchasene. 
Ukuqinisekisa amadabi abonyulwa kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo asondele kwiminyaka yakutshanje kunangaphambili.UJohn Tures
Iziphumo zingothusa amaRiphabhlikhi, kunye nalawo amadabi okuqinisekisa okusondele. Basenokulibala ukuba iijaji zeNkundla ePhakamileyo u-Anthony Kennedy (97-0), uSandra Day O'Connor (99-0), uHarry Blackmun (94-0), uJohn Paul Stevens (98-0) noLewis Powell (89-1) ) bonke baphumelele ngemida ebanzi kunabo bonke abatyunjiweyo beDemokhrasi.
Xa kufikwa kumlo wabachasene nabonyulwa benkundla, akukho qela linabonyulwa abaphathwe kakubi kunelinye iqela. Kwaye ngelixa iiDemokhrasi zivotele abonyulwa abathathu, amaRiphabhlikhi atyhola abatyunjwa abathathu beDemokhrasi ngeefilibhuli. Iqela ngalinye lineziqinisekiso zabo ezilula, kunye neemfazwe zabo ezinengxabano.
Okucacileyo kukuba amadabi okuqinisekisa abo batyunjiweyo asondele kule minyaka idlulileyo kunalawo ayedlulileyo. Uninzi lolo loyiso lukhulu lubonakala ngathi alunakuphikiswa kwimeko yanamhlanje. Ngaphandle kokuba uguquko olunzulu luqwalaselwe yiNdlu yeeNgwevu yase-US, lindela amadabi aphikisanayo ngaphezulu kokukhetha kwezomthetho, ngaphandle komongameli.
UJohn A. Tures nguprofesa wesayensi yezopolitiko kwiKholeji yaseLaGrange eLaGrange, eGeorgia-funda ibali lakhe elipheleleyo apha.
Inqaku lombhali: Abonyulwa abali-15 be-GOP ukusukela ngo-1968 ukuya ku-2018 yayinguJustice Brett Kavanaugh (otyunjwe nguDonald Trump), uJustice Neil Gorsuch (otyunjwe nguDonald Trump), uJustice Samuel Alito (otyunjwe nguGeorge W. Bush), iJaji eyiNtloko uJohn Roberts (otyunjwe nguGeorge W Bush), uJustice Clarence Thomas (otyunjwe nguGeorge HW Bush), uJustice David Souter (otyunjwe nguGeorge HW Bush), uJustice Anthony Kennedy (otyunjwe nguRonald Reagan), uJustice Antonin Scalia (otyunjwe nguRonald Reagan), iJaji eyiNtloko uWilliam Rehnquist (otyunjwe nguRonald Reagan), uJustice Sandra Day O'Connor (otyunjwe nguRonald Reagan), uJustice John Paul Stevens (otyunjwe nguGerald Ford), uJustice William Rehnquist (otyunjwe nguRichard Nixon), uJustice Lewis Powell (otyunjwe nguRichard Nixon) , UJustice Harry Blackmun (otyunjwe nguRichard Nixon), kunye neJaji eyiNtloko uWarren Burger (otyunjwe nguRichard Nixon). Abathathu aboyisiweyo nguClement Haynsworth (otyunjwe nguRichard Nixon), uHarrold Carswell (otyunjwe nguRichard Nixon) noRobert Bork (otyunjwe nguRonald Reagan).
Abonyulwa abane be-Democratic Party ukusukela ngo-1968-2018 abafumene ivoti kubandakanya u-Justice Elena Kagan (otyunjwe ngu-Barack Obama), u-Justice Sonia Sotomayor (otyunjwe ngu-Barack Obama), u-Justice Stephen Breyer (otyunjwe ngu-Bill Clinton) kunye no-Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (otyunjiweyo nguBill Clinton). Abathathu abatyunjiweyo abathintelwe yi-filibuster yayingu-Merrick Garland (otyunjwe ngu-Barack Obama), u-Abe Fortas (otyunjwe ngu-Lyndon B. Johnson) no-Homer Thornberry (otyunjwe ngu-Lyndon B. Johnson).
