From President Eisenhower’s time in office to the end of President Obama’s, there were 27 vacancies on the Supreme Court of the United States that had to be filled. The Republican Party filled 19 of those open spots, over two thirds of the top judges. Yet it was during this time that SCOTUS became the most activist, reading all sorts of outcomes into the US Constitution that were plainly not intended.
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