That’s the million-dollar question.
The easy answer is to elect presidents who will nominate strict constructionists to the bench, but at this point I don’t trust most Republican presidents to do so with the same consistency that Democrats put-up liberals.
My Senators know that if they vote to advance or confirm anyone to the right of Bork/Scalia, they can say goodbye to my support forever. More folks need to apply pressure. We’ve gotta attack both the nomination and the confirmation parts of the process, just as insurance.
“My Senators know that if they vote to advance or confirm anyone to the right of Bork/Scalia, they can say goodbye to my support forever.”
What do you have against jurists who would be to the right of Bork or Scalia?