[PzLdr]

If I were "W", I'd stop looking for strict constructionists, and start looking for conservative activists for the court. A strict constructionist may well feel constrained to follow precedent, e.g ROE v. WADE because a prior Court decided it. Even liberals know ROE and GRISWOLD are horsepizzle cut from whole cloth, if not gossamer by Blackmun and William "Zero" Douglas. You need judges to get rid of that tripe- then you can go to strict constructionists. Better still, have Congress limit what the court's powers are. Marshall created them-gossamer again. Time to rein 'em in.

[Harkonnendog]

that's an excellent point. I never considered that extra Constituional decision might be upheld because a constructionist would feel compelled by his own philosophy.
that's a scary thought.