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To: All; markomalley; narses
In this thread by markomalley, we see how profound can be the effect of an election cycle gone bad. Underwhelmed as I was at the prospect of a feeble McCain facing this menace, the light got much brighter with the unintended consequence of Sarah Palin emerging. Yet the menace looms and as the mask peels back each day, we see this greatest of threats to our America growing with support of an insane wad of media jumping up and down in glee, praying for the downfall of the country they hate.

If we really think we could keep this incipient dictator in check, we would lose at the first instance in the appointments to the Supremes. Thanks, narses, for the ping.

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WASHINGTON -- Every four years, defenders of abortion rights proclaim that the fate of Roe vs. Wade hangs on the outcome of the presidential election.

This year, they may be right.....

This time, Roe vs. Wade really could hang in the balance

8mm

48 posted on 10/06/2008 4:09:43 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: All; Daffynition
Again on the Supremes... a thread by Daffynition, with thanks to narses for the ping.

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WASHINGTON — The next president will tip the courts, one way or another. Supreme Court openings are all but guaranteed, and that's just the start: 44 trial and appellate federal judicial vacancies already await filling. There will be more.

Consider this: President Bush has placed 316 judges on the bench during his two terms. One out of three federal judges now owes a lifetime-tenured job to the current president. Whoever replaces Bush will be likewise recasting courthouses, top to bottom.

"The proper role of the judiciary has become one of the defining issues of this presidential election," Republican presidential candidate John McCain said in May. "It will fall to the next president to nominate hundreds — hundreds — of qualified men and women to the federal courts, and the choices we make will reach far, far into the future."

In truth, many polls suggest, relatively few voters consider the federal judiciary a defining issue. But those who do care, care a lot.......

Next president will reshape U.S. courts from top to bottom

8mm

49 posted on 10/06/2008 4:27:29 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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