[RobbyS]

Of course what is needed is more than a few conservative judges. They are necessary but not sufficient. What is required is an administration that is willing to go against elite opinion in the United States. Like it or not, this is the way that the game is now played. Why do you think that liberals were so furious about the 2000 election. SCOTUS--the monster they have created--turned against them. Why does the Senate NOT ram through Bush's conservative nominees? Because elite opinion in the United States, which you see reflected in the opinions of the Court, is overwhelmingly liberal. O'Conner and Kennedy are the typical faces of too much of the Republican Party. I am not talking about the voters and small contributors, but a majority of the fat cats. Lawrence Tribe has pointed out the real divide in the abortion battle. It is between classes.

[Redcloak]

Do you really want conservative justices who will happily ignore parts of the Constitution they don't like? When a liberal justice does this, it's condemned as "judicial activism". How is it any different when a conservative does it? The proper way to deal with an undesireable ruling from the Supreme Court is to amend the Constitution; not to appoint justices who will tamper with it.