“If Scalia had been there, it would have been 5-4. One vote deciding the death of all those babies.”
Which points out the obvious: we MUST do everything in our power to prevent Hillary Clinton from naming so much as a single Supreme Court Justice (let alone 3-5 over the next 8 years).
That Trump is not the perfect candidate is utterly irrelevant - NO ONE, EVER was the perfect candidate. We have to be mature enough (not aimed at you) to understand that we are in the real world, that no humans are perfect, and to make a rational choice between 2 candidates. Insofar as the Supreme Court is concerned, there is a VERY distinct difference between the 2 of them: Trump SAYS that he’ll appoint Originalists, and even gave us a list vetted and approved of by the Federalist Society (not exactly a bunch of Lefties); whereas, with Hillary, we KNOW FOR CERTAIN that she’ll appoint ALL Lefties.
This choice is not between pure good and pure evil, but since Clinton is as close to pure evil in the political realm as we’re likely to see in this country (or, at least, I pray that this is so), the choice is almost as easy.
With Hillary it's GUARANTEED another 3-4 Ginsburgs.
BTW, what is it with republican presidents picking absolute duds?
Someone listed them earlier.
Souter, Warren, Blackmun, etc.
All turned hard-core leftist.
Not even "nominally" conservative, let alone a follower of the constitution.
How come a liberal appointed judge never "flips" and becomes a strict Constitutionalist?
I was just pointing out the power that the Court has, and it’s usually one or two people, over 300+ million.