[Clintonfatigued]

Without intending to, Jeffrey Rosen makes one of the best cases for supporting Sarah Palin and her running mate.

[nyc1]

“Given the fact that the older justices are liberal rather than conservative—and that the oldest, John Paul Stevens, is 88—it’s hard to deny that nominations by John McCain would change the Court far more dramatically than those by Barack Obama. An Obama victory would maintain the current balance of the Court, while a McCain Court could create a solid conservative majority.”

I’m desperately looking for reasons to be optimistic if Obama wins.

And the fact that the Court’s geezers are the liberals, and more likely to be replaced by a President Obama, helps.

[nickcarraway]

How would putting more Souters on the court change it?

[fso301]

Under an Obama administration, if I were Justice Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Scalia I’d be watching my back.

[El Gato]

while a McCain Court could create a solid conservative majority.

Maybe, but "moderate swing justices" , Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy" were both appointed by none other than Ronald Reagan. Do we really know or can expect McCain to be more conservative in judicial appointments than Reagan?

[R_Kangel]

Perhaps one day in the distant future a true leader shall rise that will lead us out of the socialism that is about to enshroud this country, and lead us again into freedom.

[eyedigress]

What balance is this joker talking about. Obama will put new world order jurists on the court. Constitution be damned. McCain is harder to predict but I would say he would put moderate jurists to the Court.

[Cheerio]

Where do the libtards get this theory that the SCOTUS must remain “In Balance” with x amount of Libtards and y amount of Conservatives? Where does that come from other than their liberal retarded brains? Anyone?

[DiogenesLaertius]

Most Supreme Court justices have the decency to retire when the sitting president is of the same party. Souter is getting older but he has mainly talked about wanting to go home to his state. If he ends up stepping down during an Obama presidency after being appointed as a Republican, I will smash something.

At any rate, Kennedy is now the swing vote on the court. I wonder how many will retire if Obama wins, and if one of the elderly libs will wait until 2012 (mainly souter) for a chance of a Republican president to replace him.

It would make me happy if Kennedy were no longer the swing vote. He’s more conservative than O’Connor, but he’s still a yahoo about certain things like using social standards from overseas.

I hope Souter does the right thing and waits for a Republican president before stepping down.

[Sterm26]

If McCain gets in, he’s still going to be facing a Senate with a Dem majority. They simply won’t allow him to appoint anyone to the right of Souter (at least) onto the Court.

Obama, on the other hand, could probably get a Chicago ambulance-chaser confirmed with no problem.

[Fresh Wind]

...a McCain Court could create a solid conservative majority.

How is McCain supposed to get conservative judicial nominees through a heavily DemocRat/Socialist Congress?