who was the last outright LIBERAL scotus nominee?

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i mean, the last person who basically went up to the hill and said, "yeah, damn straight i'm a liberal! what ya gonna do about it?"

'cause personally i'm SICK AND TIRED out out-and-out conservative nominees.

[SmokingJacket]

1. yeah, good question. nt

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2. I was actually wondering this as well

Wasn't RBG considered a pretty solid lefty? :shrug:

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3. left-of-center, yes. but i mean a REAL, IN YOUR FACE liberal

you know, the liberal equivalent of bork or thomas or alito or scalia.....

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6. *REAL* liberals aren't allowed to hold office, silly

What do you think this is, Sweden? :P

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7. sigh. what WAS i thinking?

:hi:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Thurgood Marshall, maybe. Appointed by LBJ in 1967.

It's been a loooooong time. There's Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but she tried to downplay the liberal thing because by that time "liberal" was a dirty word.

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5. that's probably it. boy did the court lose a good'un when he died.

[TahitiNut]

8. I'd say Thurgood Marshall was the last real liberal nominated. Yep.

Some Justices have slowly moved to the left as they've learned and grown.