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Nov 3, 2020
Number of Senate votes needed to remove an impeached justice from the Supreme Court:
671
Number of times an impeached Supreme Court justice has been successfully removed:
02
Number of Senate votes needed to pass an act of Congress:
51
Number of times the size of the Supreme Court has been changed by an act of Congress:
7
Number of years since the last change in the size of the Supreme Court:
151
Number of times the Supreme Court has been directly involved in a presidential election:
1 (in 2000)3
Number of demonstrations in the U.S. from May 24 to Aug. 22, 2020:
More than10,6004
Number of protests linked to the Black Lives Matter movement:
More than 7,750
Percentage of these protests in which protesters engaged in 鈥渧iolence or destructive activity鈥�:
Less than 7
Number of counter-protests during the same time period:
More than 360
Percentage of these counter-protests that turned violent:
12
Percentage of BLM-associated protests during this period that were met with government intervention:
More than 9
Percentage of all other protests during this period that were met with government intervention:
3
Average reduction in driving in California, Idaho, and Maine from early March to mid-April 2020 as a result of stay-at-home orders:
69%
Average number of large animals killed every day on California, Idaho, and Maine state highways in the four weeks prior to those states issuing stay-at-home orders:
10.8
Average number of large animals killed per day in the four weeks after the orders:
6.8
Estimated number of large animals whose lives could be saved every year in these three states if traffic remained reduced:
5,700 to 13,000 5
Average annual increase in total miles traveled by American vehicles from 2011 to 2018:
42.2 billion6
Sources:
1. U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 3
2. U.S. Supreme Court
3. National Constitution Center
4. Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project
5. Road Ecology Center, University of California, Davis
6. Federal Highway Administration
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Miles Schneiderman
is a freelance writer, podcaster, fact-checker, and media producer. His work can be found on www.mjschneiderman.com
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