Posted on 02/13/2016 3:09:19 PM PST by KeyLargo
Hillary Clinton, if president, could appoint 4 Supreme Court justices
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Thursday, November 12, 2015
Conservatives unhappy with U.S. Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage and Obamacare heard a powerful argument Thursday for defeating Hillary Rodham Clinton: The next president could appoint as many as four justices.
When the next president takes the oath of office in January 2017, three current justices will be at least 80 years old: conservative Antonin Scalia (80), swing voter Anthony M. Kennedy (80) and liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg (83). Liberal Justice Stephen G. Breyer will be 78.
During a Federalist Society discussion on the first 10 years of the court under Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., lawyer Michael Carvin said the Supreme Court has made "baby steps toward the return to the rule of law" in the past decade, despite dissatisfaction by many conservatives.
"If the election goes wrong next year, none of that will matter and we will all descend into a hellish existence from which we will never emerge," Mr. Carvin said to laughter from the crowd.
Mr. Carvin was the plaintiffs' lead attorney in challenging the Affordable Care Act in King v. Burwell, in which the court upheld Obamacare subsidies.
Michael Paulsen, a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, said the next president will have an opportunity to institute "meaningful changes" on the court.
"Ideology matters," Mr. Paulsen said. "Judicial philosophy matters. Sometimes it's literally a matter of life and death who you appoint to the Supreme Court."
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One out of 10...that’s actually not bad.
You ruined my evening by posting this. Nightmare material this is.... O.o
Call me a defeatist. Obama and the dems will do everything possible to get Hillary in to the white house. There is no way Obama can let a republican win now. Every illegal will vote. Every felon will vote. Unknown numbers of illegal and refugee immigrants are being shifted all over the nation to tilt the electoral college votes in the dems favor. Heck, they don’t even have to follow the will of the people. Pray.
Harvey Levin of TMZ comes to mind
Is it true that even a non lawyer can be appointed ?
What we may lose if Obama is able to replace Scalia with one of his choices can be regained over the next 8 years if we elect a conservativ ein November.
Ginsburg definitely won't be around much longer.
If we keep supporting the unelectable Trump, this is exactly what will happen. I will be here to tell you “I told you so.”
WE dodged a Bullet.
Yes, we certainly did.
Imagine the SCOTUS with four justices like the ones that just denied Trump his immigration moves.
That alone would simply end the nation.
The Left would be pushing through every possible thing they could so these justices could destroy our nation.
Now Trump will appoint justices that will prevent this for a good 25-35 years.
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