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And the judges get appointed by the president. I read something a few weeks back about research on the judicial appointments of chief executives....by large margins they share the political philosophy of the exec.

That should make it a simple thing to see.

If we want to lock the Supreme Court in for a long period of time, we must have this upcoming presidency. In the next 8 years, there are a number of changes that will take place on Scotus....some of those changes could well be CONSERVATIVE judges sick or retiring.

We must elect a consistent pro-lifer: Duncan, Thompson, other pro-life conservatives. The VP must also be pro-life.

Amen and pass the collection plate...The longer I live the more I see the importance of the judiciary...Legislatures will come and go, but how laws are interpreted - or in some cases re-invented - has serious, lasting impact.

I'm not as concerned about whether or not the Veep is pro-life. Sure, there is always the chance that the Veep will have to step in, but it is highly unlikely. As long as the President is strongly pro-life, or at least moderately so, but will appoint strict constructionist judges to the courts, that will work for me.

I frankly don't hold out any hope that abortion will ever be outlawed anywhere in this country again. It's possible that if Roe v Wade is overturned, and it reverts back to the states, there will be states that will severely cut back the opportunity for abortion, but I think it will always be there, at least in the first trimester.

The best I can hope for is that it is limited to REPORTED rape and incest and in the event that the LIFE of the mother is threatened. That is where most folks in this country are right now with regards to abortion anyway. They don't want to seem hard hearted toward a woman in what they perceive as an impossible situation, and they don't like the idea of abortion as back up birth control.