[Jim Noble]

To expand on my sarcastic remark: If the composition of the Supreme Court is the determining factor in the preservation of our Republic, the Republic is already gone.

Hillary Clinton should be able to appoint all nine justices without a shred of danger to out rights. That this is not so is (not necessarily) an argument for voting for the Republican candidate - it's an argument for action to reduce the powers exercised by that court, peacefully if possible.

The exercise of such power that the fate of the nation hangs on a single justice means that the coup has already taken place, and that it may be necessary someday to take action to restore what has been lost.

[Huck]

"This power in the judicial, will enable them to mould the government, into almost any shape they please. "

Brutus, Anti-Federalist XI, 31 January 1788 http://www.constitution.org/afp/brutus11.htm

[Jonty30]

Hopefully there can be a Constitution convention and fix the problem, so it doesn’t matter who wins.