tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post3295053496698670133..comments2024-01-03T05:23:36.046-08:00Comments on The Citizens: An Obama Supreme CourtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-34407261689103895482009-05-02T10:09:00.000-07:002009-05-02T10:09:00.000-07:00That's what I was afraid of. Oh well.That's what I was afraid of. Oh well.Raised By Republicanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006522141969925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-42743889874619405012009-05-02T08:55:00.000-07:002009-05-02T08:55:00.000-07:00I have to, sadly, disagree with you, RBR. I fully...I have to, sadly, disagree with you, RBR. I fully agree that the political identity of the next Republican president will probably be, at least publicly, more moderate than Bush II. But I think the price a newer moderate Republican will pay for winning far right support - for putting together a winning coalition - will be promising the far right a socially conservative justice. (In the same vein, watch Obama now nominate a true liberal to the Court to appease the left of his party.).<br /><br />So while I agree with your political analysis, I sadly have to disagree that it will have an impact on the SC as you might desire.<br /><br />The bigger news is on the lower courts! With so many vacancies to fill and bills before him to create new judgeships, Obama will be able to put a real stamp on the lower courts. So the lower courts will reinforce the moderate/progressive decisions and narrowly interpret/avoid the more conservative precedents. (the reverse of the present position in many judicial circuits, esp. 4th, 5th, and 11th).The Law Talking Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886791396468512490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-61374593241177147562009-05-01T15:32:00.000-07:002009-05-01T15:32:00.000-07:00LTG and Seventh Sister, let me bounce something of...LTG and Seventh Sister, let me bounce something off you here...<br /><br />I'd be willing to bet that barring some disaster on Obama's watch, the Republicans cannot reclaim the white house in 2012 in their current form. The party is simply too ideologically extreme and geographically isolated. I strongly suspect they'll need the next 8 years at least to deal with their right wing Theo-populist problem. <br /><br />So any Republican that might follow Obama will likely not be the same kind of Republican Bush was. So they may appoint justices that are more like the appointments made by Republicans like Eisenhower and George I (Bush). This may be the beginning of the end of an entire era of jurisprudence. <br /><br />What do you lawyers think?Raised By Republicanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006522141969925noreply@blogger.com