This might have slightly nudged the court to the right. If anything, it might be dead center where it was before.
The 3rd pick will be the tie-break.
If this woman is to the right of O'Connor, then the Pres. has played smart politics.
Now we need Stevens to take a dive for the team.
Stevens isn't immortal, he's ready to move on,,
This pick may, at best, keep us close to the center.
I agree, look ahead to the 3rd and 4th picks.
The left took years to build a court that could wreak its havoc on this nation, it will take many to undo their damage.
I also have concerns about a number of issues facing this antion and how the President's administration is or refuses to deal with a couple key items, but we are at war.
We are Americans and we can either focus on what needs to get done or run around like a flock of chickens with our heads cut off.
I prefer the former. I see enough of the latter portrayed in and by the MSM and the left.
Is anyone else tired of living in the grey area? Never knowing for certain, always having to second-guess, and waiting constantly for the next shoe of doom/celebration to fall?
I didn't need to be this way. That's all I'm going to say.
This is a good time to trot out a theory. I've been wondering whether Sandy O'Connor has been blackmailing the President on this nomination. I've thought all along that it's highly irregular for a sitting Supreme court justice to announce her retirement BUT... remain sitting until her replacement is confirmed. All it would take is another announcement that she is un-retiring if Bush nominated someone she didn't like. Sure, it would make waves, but what does she care? She's a Supreme Court Justice. She doesn't answer to anyone -- she's higher than the President.
I mean, what's the point of starting the term? She's not going to be around to vote on the cases. Why sit around and take up space if you're not going to be there to do the work of the court? Who ever heard of a lame duck judge? It doesn't make sense.
This could explain why the President has nominated someone that goes against the grain of everything he has professed to be looking for. She's old (60), has gone both ways in the past (swing nominee), cut in Sandy's image, and most of all, she's female.
Hate to say it, she's Sandy's pick. This also explains how the New York Times got the tip last week.