Heard someone on Hannity last night mention this, Dr Dobson?
Could you imagine if she got on the SCOTUS??
The Constitution would be her scratching post!!!
Damn, GET OUT AND VOTE GWB!!!
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from www.newsweek.com
Supreme Court: And the Nominees Are ...NewsweekOct. 4 issue - Be it George W. Bush or John Kerry, the newly elected president will likely have vacancies to fill on the Supreme Court. Four justices are older than 70, and rumors have swirled for years that Chief Justice William Rehnquist (80 on Oct. 1) and Sandra Day O'Connor (74) are near retirement. Since the court is closely split on many hot-button issues, vacancies could have profound implications. Who'll get nominated?
If Bush wins: Presidents love appointing "firsts," so the next one may tap a Hispanic (though Benjamin Cardozo, who served in the 1930s, was of Spanish and Portuguese descent). White House counsel and Bush fave Alberto Gonzales's stock is down on the left because of a controversial memo criticizing the Geneva Convention; he's suspect on the right because he's pro affirmative action and unlikely to attack Roe v. Wade. But that might make him confirmable. Another Hispanic is Emilio Garza, a conservative Fifth Circuit appellate judge put on that court by Bush's dad. To stoke his conservative base, Bush might consider Fourth Circuit appellate Judge J. Michael Luttig, a Justice Department official for Bush's father who helped prep Justices David Souter and Clarence Thomas for their confirmation hearings. Luttig's Fourth Circuit colleague, J. Harvie Wilkinson III, was deputy assistant attorney general of the Reagan Justice Department's civil-rights division. His courtly manner would make it hard for liberals to attack. Judge Samuel (Scalito) Alito on the Third Circuit is so nicknamed for having views similar to Antonin Scalia's.
If Kerry wins: Second Circuit appellate Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a Puerto Rican tapped by George H.W. Bush and promoted by Bill Clinton, is a candidate. Another first: David Tatel, a blind federal appellate judge in D.C., could be the first justice with a disability to be appointed. Confirmable moderates include Merrick Garland of the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He served as top aide to the then Clinton Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick. In the Clinton Justice Department, Walter Dellinger headed the Office of Legal Counsel and then the solicitor general's office. First Circuit Judge Sandra Lynch, the first woman named to the federal appellate court on Kerry's home turf, will contend. Until recently, presidents often wanted justices with broad political experience. Does eight years as First Lady and four as a senator mean Justice Hillary Clinton?