[McGavin999]

Perhaps, but this is GW's last good chance to get a conservative judge on the court.

No, it isn't. I think Stevens will be retiring before his term is out.

Besides, I think she's plenty conservative. I keep hearing that she isn't qualified. Those who make those comments don't happen to be strict constructionists because if they were, they would know that our constitution was not written to be "interpreted" by "experts". It was written to be understood by the common man. The legal elitiests seem to require some kind of track record. So, how's this for a track record. You know all those judges everyone has been saying they wish had been nominated? Guess who found them, vetted them, and recommended them for Dubya to nominate?

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Mark Levin opposes her nomination and he is as conservative as they come in his judicial philosophy. It should be added that Scalia and Thomas are not constructionists, they are originalists.

[aBootes]

they would know that our constitution was not written to be "interpreted" by "experts". It was written to be understood by the common man. The legal elitiests seem to require some kind of track record

I'll take this opportunity to lodge some mild disagreement. Having had the opportunity to read an opinion or two in constitutional law whilst wandering through the groves of academe, I can say that they are some of the most closely reasoned documents you will ever read.

So although the Constitution is quite understandable, the interpretation of it, its application to modern situations, and the reasoning behind these matters seems decidedly more demanding than you give credit to.

And having said all that, the bottom line is that we will now wait and see. But I am not as hopeful as I wish I were, or more precisely, I really don't care to fight for her approval.

[Ninian Dryhope]

"Stevens will be retiring before his term is out."

John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice, was born in Chicago, Illinois, April 20, 1920.

85 years old. Time waits for no man.

[visualops]

You know all those judges everyone has been saying they wish had been nominated? Guess who found them, vetted them, and recommended them for Dubya to nominate?

Alot of folks seem to be missing the point that it's been she and Rove who have done so much work on the nominees. Bush already knew her very well, and in seeing her in action in vetting the nominees, it would seem that cemented his opinion she herself was a great choice.

[JustAnotherOkie]

Those guys can hold on a long time. They'll have to drag Ginsburg & Stevens out by their Oxygen & IV tubes.