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Obama will appoint pro-civil liberties judges who value the fourth and fifth amendments..though they will probably be bad on the second. McCain is likely to appoint authoritarian judges who probably won't even be friendly to the second amendment and property rights. I suspect that they will be even more pro-government than Alito, hence McCain's complaint that he "wore conservatism on his sleeve."

Right now, the balance is about right. The most consistently libertarian judge on the court, Kennedy, provides the crucial vote in favor of second amendment rights with the conservatives while he also provides the crucial vote with the liberal justices for civil liberties.

Also, the conservative judges are young and probably will be on the court in four years. The most liberal judges on elderly so any replacements will be pretty much a wash. If there was ever a time to vote your conscience for a third party candidate, this is it.

"Right now, the balance is about right. "

You cannot be a conservative and Constitutionalist and really believe this... 5 to 4 on the Second Amendment...

How could you possibly believe the 4 were a good balance?

This is right vs wrong....