azredhawk44
Moderator
The four longest serving members of the Supreme Court are Stephens, Scalia, Kennedy and Souter.
Scalia is one of "ours," but the other three are pretty much "theirs." Assuming that a president replaces 1-2 justices per term and that justices tend to retire with the team that brought them to the dance (meaning libs leave under a Dem president and conservatives leave under a Repub president), Scalia isn't likely to retire if he's in good health... which he is.
We don't stand to lose much, if any, ground in the SCOTUS if HilBama wins. We also won't win much if McCain wins, because he WILL capitulate to a liberal Senate for appointments and feed the agenda of Kennedy and his ilk.
So, REALLY how important are SCOTUS appointments when faced with the cold reality of those most likely to leave and the types of appointments likely to be put forward by HilBama or McCain?
Scalia is one of "ours," but the other three are pretty much "theirs." Assuming that a president replaces 1-2 justices per term and that justices tend to retire with the team that brought them to the dance (meaning libs leave under a Dem president and conservatives leave under a Repub president), Scalia isn't likely to retire if he's in good health... which he is.
We don't stand to lose much, if any, ground in the SCOTUS if HilBama wins. We also won't win much if McCain wins, because he WILL capitulate to a liberal Senate for appointments and feed the agenda of Kennedy and his ilk.
So, REALLY how important are SCOTUS appointments when faced with the cold reality of those most likely to leave and the types of appointments likely to be put forward by HilBama or McCain?