What would happen if some or all of the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court were taken out in a terrorist attack? It's a question that the framers of the Constitution did not anticipate, and policymakers ever since have not thought much about. As a result, the answer is the same as for the departure of a single justice: the clunky nomination and confirmation process.
October 24, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
What would happen if some or all of the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court were taken out in a terrorist attack?
It’s a question that the framers of the Constitution did not anticipate, and policymakers ever since have not thought much about. As a result, the answer is the same as for the departure of a single justice: the clunky nomination and confirmation process.
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