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MrPernickety Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Use of "seat"

Hi,

Do these sentences sound o.k. to a native speaker?

1. She became the first Hispanic judge in American history to be seated on the Supreme Court

2. There are nine judges seated on the Supreme Court. The number was set by Congress.

Thanks !
  

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Yes, but I think the number was set in the Constitution, wasn't it?

— Mister Micawber

  • Yes, but I think the number was set in the Constitution, wasn't it?
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Yes, but I think the number was set in the Constitution, wasn't it?
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Mister MicawberYes, but I think the number was set in the Constitution, wasn't it?

No, the constitution is silent as to the number of Supreme Court justices.

You may remember from your history that FDR at one point planned to "pack" the Supreme Court with justices sympathetic to his many unconstitutional programs with the understanding that
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Thanks, guys for checking my sentences and filling me in on the Supreme Court and its specifics. Emotion: smile

I came by the knowledge t
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MrPernicketyskimmed
At the risk of coming across as a pedant I think you mean "schemed" here.

And just for the sake of completeness the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality existing laws (among other things), it doesn't sign things into law. Well, that's the theory anyway. If you take a serious look at how things actually work you will find co
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RayH
MrPernicketyskimmed

At the risk of coming across as a pedant I think you mean "schemed" here.

That's fine!

The fact of the matter is that I posted the question with "skimmed", then ran my eye over what I'd posted and something didn't feel right about "skim". Then it came to me that I misspelled "scheme". And
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Going back to the question, I'd use "justice(s)", just to be more specific.
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