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ben_w on Oct 11, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tesla Robotaxi

Wasn't that due to the supreme court deciding it wasn't up to the federal government?

linotype on Oct 11, 2024 [–]

Who nominates the justices to the US Supreme Court?

ben_w on Oct 11, 2024 | [–]

De jure or de facto?

One of the judges died in Obama's term, and senators explicitly declared they would not consider any nomination he made:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-stolen-suprem...

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