Posted on 06/30/2008 5:01:04 AM PDT by bmweezer
The Washington Post headline says it all, in stating the obvious: A John McCain victory in November, just like the Bush wins in 2000 and 2004, will likely see the addition of more conservative judges to the U.S. Supreme Court.
However, when using words like "could", the same can be said about Barack Obama: a win by him in November 'could' push the U.S. Supreme Court to the left.
The article, however, doesn't say that, but rather throws stuff out there like this: "A victory by the presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, would probably mean preserving the uneasy but roughly balanced status quo, since the justices who are considered most likely to retire are liberal. A win for his Republican counterpart, John McCain, could mean a fundamental shift to a consistently conservative majority ready to take on past court rulings on abortion rights, affirmative action and other issues important to the right."
Complete hogwash.
No one really knows which Justices plan on retiring in the next four years, but perhaps the Justices themselves. And more importantly, only God himself knows if any of the Justices will die while in office over the same period the time.
A likely presumption is that the next two Justices to go are Stevens and Ginsberg - both Liberal in their thinking - and with Obama, you'd have two liberal replacements; with McCain, two conservatives.
However, others could leave the bench too, or in place of, those two depending on...what actually happens.
Dribble, dribble from our friends in the mainstream media.
And while we are mentioning the Supreme Court, we should all be greatful to President George W. Bush being elected for two terms and insuring that we still have the “right to bear arms” by his Supreme Court Choices.
...the Supreme Court needs a push to the right....and the lower courts do too...throw out a lot of this legal nonsense before it even gets to the S.C.
If McCain is elected, and he has a Democrat Congress, and he likes to cross the aisle, what kind of judges will he be nominating?
McCain could always go “Maverick” on us and replace them Liberal for Liberal in order to maintain the precious balance that has given us King Kennedy I.
Much better ones than Obama with a filibuster proof Senate, that’s for sure.
After a 5 - 4 vote on the 2nd Amendment last week I would welcome conservative replacements for Stevens and Ginsberg.
Enough of legislating from the bench!
And while we are mentioning the Supreme Court, we should all be greatful to President George W. Bush being elected for two terms and insuring that we still have the “right to bear arms” by his Supreme Court Choices...................
Thank you for saying that!!!! AMEN and AMEN!!!
I for one LOVE President Bush!!! Many of his critics say , well he almost did this and that, well he did not!
President Bush has a better record on supreme court justices then Reagan or any other Republican President in modern times.
All the courts do. But the push will not come from McCain. Who has he been “reaching out to?” Liberals. Because he is a liberal.
If Obama is elected, how many Supreme Court Judges will nominate who have the name Mohammed?
True.
He could nominate a resurrected (First Chief Justice) John Jay, and he would never get him past the Senate.
Man the phone lines, FReepers...it’s not over yet.
Certainly wouldn't be the first time. Terrible when we have to vote for a could over a would.
It just needed saying.
But vote for him I shall.
Don't get me wrong. I am for McCain 100%.
Amen.
As we have just seen with the Supremes allowing us access to our Constitutional rights, this is a big deal.
You guys continue to pimp for perfect Obama and I’ll vote for flawed McCain.
A President McCain will face a probably-hostile Dem Senate* who will not allow him to move the ideology of the SC to the right.
At best, McCain might be able to appoint a moderate**.
In all likelyhood, McCain will only be able to select SC candidate(s) from a Dem-approved list.
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* We can thank the open-checkbook, open borders, pro-amnesty, porkbarrel spending Republicans for squandering their political power during their tenure and causing the backlash that moved both Chambers solidly into the Dem column (and very likely will put the White House in Dem control, as well).
** In the last 39 years, the Dems have appointed only 2 SC justices. All the others have been appointed by Republicans, including 2 of the 4 who voted against the recent handgun legality and 3 of the 5 who voted to give GITMO detainees legals rights. Republican appointees have not been that stellar.
And any ultra-conservatives unsatisfied with McCain should consider this... Obama will be pulling SCOTUS to the left, and the very far left if the Democrats gain additional seats in the Senate and Congress as everybody is predicting.
You can vote for Bob Barr, sit on your hands, or not vote at all... If you don’t vote for McLaim, you will certainly end up regretting it and send your own country down the tubes with your so-called protest.
Buchanan and Perot destroyed Bush, and you managed to survive Clinton, but Jimmy Carter II is not an alternative to McCain. Not when SCOTUS just made a decision to let non-American terrorist have the writ of Habeas Corpus during a war against terrorism.
Grit your teeth and bear it... Vote for McCain.
McCain will not move the court right. But he’d still not push it left quite as far as Barry.
Congressman Billybob
What's the alternative? We face a risk or a sure thing for the other side.
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