It's possible that Romney still could pick Souters (and piss off Bork?, who has been scathing in his criticism, including in The Tempting Of America, of leftist, activist judges). I suppose it's also somehow possible that bork himself could pick bad judges, but that's really pushing it, to me.
I can't speak to Romney's state-level judicial picks. I do know that, in some states, the governor has little power, effectively being forced to select one name from a (typically leftist-dominated) panel's "list of three." In other states, like CA, the governor has near plenary power. Anyone know how it was in Mitt-achusetts??
Ah well. Here is hoping we get a conservative president instead of Romney. Then Bork can work for THAT guy!
You forget who Team Romney is.
It is GUARANTEED that the best we’d ever get is a Kennedy, and most likely a Souter. The Establishment GOP does NOT want a fifth Conservative judge; they want a Pro-business Social progressive that will keep the status quo on the most important Constitutional issues of the day.
The Conservative grassroots is Pro-business, Pro-Free Markets, Pro-Capitalism, Pro-Life, Pro-Constitution, Pro-Gun, and Pro-traditional marriage. The GOP Establishment is Pro-Money, Pro-Fiscal Libertarianism and NOTHING else. They could ABSOLUTELY care less about ANYTHING else; and the only backers who are truly important to them are the Chamber.
If they succeed in cramming Romney down our throats, you can DAMN WELL bet they aren’t going to give us an INCH on any Supreme Court justices. Even with Bush in the White House, they tried to pass-off two Social Progressives on us (Miers and Gonzalez). They want rulings like Roe CEMENTED for another generation or two. We cannot fight Romney when we had to REVOLT to fight Bush. Team Romney will be COMPLETELY deaf to us, revolt or not.
Bork is the bait, and you can bet there will be a switch when the time comes.