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2010-02-04 Home Front: Culture Wars

White House Prepares for Possibility of 2 Supreme Court Vacancies

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Posted by tipper 2010-02-04 09:37|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Court watchers believe two of the more liberal members of the court, justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, could decide to step aside for reasons of age and health. That would give the president his second and third chance to shape his legacy on the Supreme Court.

Last week, when Obama took the nearly unprecedented step of criticizing the court's opinion in a major campaign finance case during his State of the Union speech, some believed he was showcasing for the American people that presidential elections, and Supreme Court nominations count.

Posted by Parabellum 2010-02-04 09:42|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/ 2010-02-04 09:42|| Front Page Top

#2 It's worrisome in that filling Stevens and Ginsburg's seats will give Ogabe the chance to solidify the existing leftist bloc - I'd bet that he won't consider anyone over age 55 for either vacancy. But I really, really hope that both Kennedy and Scalia shred their paper trash and employ food tasters. If The One gets to replace either of them, it's all over for this country, folks - you might as well replace the 50 stars in the flag with a hammer and sickle.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2010-02-04 09:54|| 2010-02-04 09:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Holder is 59. I suspect he'd be at the top of Barry's short list.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-04 10:04|| 2010-02-04 10:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Deval Patrick's gonna need a job soon.

Posted by tu3031 2010-02-04 11:48|| 2010-02-04 11:48|| Front Page Top

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