I’m less concerned here because the justices pick their own clerks. The slight over-representation versus 6-3 suggests to me that, true to form, the conservatives have a little gaggle of elite judges that they rely upon, rather than giving the clerks from many judges a shot.
It’s certainly worth pointing out, though, as it underlines how self-reinforcing the judiciary is, and your data shows just how well the republicans have done to get judges confirmed (fuckin’ Mitch McConnell).
I’m less concerned here because the justices pick their own clerks. The slight over-representation versus 6-3 suggests to me that, true to form, the conservatives have a little gaggle of elite judges that they rely upon, rather than giving the clerks from many judges a shot.
That’s fair. When looking at previous feeder judges, they also seemed heavily Republican stacked, but I didn’t want to check them all
It’s certainly worth pointing out, though, as it underlines how self-reinforcing the judiciary is, and your data shows just how well the republicans have done to get judges confirmed (fuckin’ Mitch McConnell).