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The other morning I heard on CSpan that a Supreme Court Justice does NOT have to be a US citizen.

I checked the requirements , as stated in the Constitution and ,well look it up. There really aren't any requirements, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE AN ATTORNEY.

So where do we stand.

I think CONSERVATIVES better quit bickering and do as has been done for years, be sure to vote in primaries. Very few do.

Try to join your local Republican group,and be VOCAL. It wont produce miracles but that is where you start. I did ,but am too old to get too involved,[interested since 1940, only 17 at the time].

I have lived in N.C. for just two years but have joined the local Republican group. Best way to start. It's a very small community in the mountains.

Where I now live it's much like Alabama in the late 60's. The real election is the 'Rat primary. The November election is 95% a foregone conclusion. So if there is a weak Republican candidate, vote for the more/most conservative 'Rat, if there is a competitive Republican, vote for the weakest 'Rat. That's about it except for Presidential elections.

I heard on CSpan that a Supreme Court Justice does NOT have to be a US citizen. ... I checked the requirements , as stated in the Constitution and ,well look it up. There really aren't any requirements

I hear Goerhard Schroeder is looking for work.

"I think CONSERVATIVES better quit bickering and do as has been done for years, be sure to vote in primaries. Very few do."

That's the best advice. The nature of a party is shaped through those sets of elections, and with concerted effort, directed one way or another. Somehow, conservatives managed to get Goldwater on the ticket in '64, against the wishes of the party establishment. It *can* be done.

What I find puzzling, however, was that I thought primaries tended to lean conservative, in Republican races. That's one of the reasons why McCain lost for the '00 nomination. The only thing I can think of as to why there's so many lousy GOP reps in D.C. is because of incumbancy. Party members tend to be loyal enough to keep the same congressmen, senators, and so on, on the ticket once they're already there. That's why Arlen Specter got through in the '04 primaries - conservatives knew better, but thought he'd at least be there for them on some of the votes in the Senate. It would have been better to boot him out before the November election last year, and gone with Toomey instead.