Republican Dwight Eisenhower nominated Earl Warren as chief justice of the United States in 1953.The Warren Court found a "right of privacy" lurking somewhere in the emanations and shadows of the Constitution, in a 1965 case called Griswold v. Connecticut, upon which the ghastly Roe v. Wade abortion case was later based.
Another Eisenhower appointee, William Brennan, declared that the Constitution contains a "penumbra" of rights, and from this "penumbra," the high court was able to derive a "right" to abortion.
Republican President Richard Nixon appointed Harry Blackmun to the Supreme Court: in 1973, he wrote the infamous Roe v. Wade decision, which nullified all state antiabortion laws in a single stroke and led to the unrestrained murder of tens of millions of babies.
Republican President Gerald Ford appointed Justice John Paul Stevens to the court in 1975: a pro-abort and one of the most liberal justices ever to sit on that institution.
Republican super-hero Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy to the Supreme Court in 1981 and 1988 respectively. Both voted to strike down state restrictions on abortion (Planned Parenthood v. Casey) and state anti-sodomy laws (Lawrence v. Texas). Both went on record favoring the use of international law to interpret our Constitution.
Republican President George H.W. Bush nominated David Souter to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1990. Souter was touted as a "home run for conservatism" by his home-state Republican senator, John Sununu of New Hampshire. Once approved, Souter flipped, voting against abortion restrictions, against state laws prohibiting sodomy, and against private property.
By 1992, at the beginning of the Clinton presidency, eight of the nine Supreme Court justices were Republican appointees. Yet, the court continued its destructive pattern of trampling on property rights, disrespecting the right to life, expanding state power, disregarding family and local autonomy, and (in general) imposing unconstitutional rulings. There was little attempt to restrain the unconstitutional excesses of the president or Congress.
And John McCain? His campaign website says that "Chief Justice John Roberts (and Justice Samuel Alito) will serve as the model for John McCain's judicial nominees." But what kind of model do they provide?
Roberts said during his confirmation hearings that Roe v. Wade is "settled as a precedent of the court, entitled to respect under principles of stare decisis [Latin for 'stand by a decision']." As a Senator, McCain also voted to approve two virulently pro-Roe justices, Ginsburg and Breyer.
Mind you, as I said before, I'm still voting and campaigning for McCain-PALIN. But in light of this record, I don't think it's realistic to expect that John McCain would appoint conservatives to the bench. Even if he wants to, could he get them confirmed past a Democrat super-majority?
I'm only voting McCain because he he might, might be able to block the passage of the FOCA (Freedom of Choice Act), Senator Obama's pet holocaust.
For me, this is the bottom line: Like it or not (and I don't) ---McCain the only thing standing between us and the Total Obamanation.
Lord, have mercy.
Please list the conservative (constitutionalist) judges nominated by Democrat presidents. What kind of judges would a President Obama appoint?