Here's something for you know -- Kennedy has said he won't retire with Obama in the White House. He would with Romney in the White House. There is a very good possibility if that happens, Romney could move the court to the LEFT by giving another David Souter.
Why on earth you'd trust Romney to put justices on the Supreme Court when he packed the court full of liberals in Massachusetts is a mystery to me.
There is reason why conservatism isn't making significant progress and it is because people like you keep voting for liberals like Romney.
Here's something for you to know. Justice Kennedy is 75. Retirement is not what I was thinking about when I said he might leave the court.
Here's something else, as much as FReepers often HATE the Bush family, it was the Bush family that gave us Thomas, Alito and Roberts. Let's see, didn't GHW Bush recently endorse Romney? Why yes, I believe he did. President Reagan on the other hand gave us Scalia, but also Kennedy and Sandra Day O'Connor.
As for "people like me" holding back the advancement of conservatism...I thought the all powerful Tea Party was taking care of that. Gosh a year ago the Tea Party, or those who spoke of them here on FR, were going to own every seat in both houses of congress via their popular conservative mandate. I'm just a middle aged guy in Missouri. How can I stop such a juggernaut of an organization as the Tea Party?