Tactically, that has to be the dumbest move he could have made.
If anything, it is likely to blow up in his face because even the Liberal Justices are going to have to be worried about the independence of the Supreme Court and it’s position as a coequal branch of government.
Kennedy will. Breyer or Ginsburg, unlikely, but slim chance they might. Sotofatass, or Boatload Kagan, they’re just happy to be there.
I know what he’s doing.
He wants Obamacare struck down.
He wants to run with this as a 2012 election issue.
Vote for me, I will make sure the court gets the right people on it.
There will be a lot of upcoming retirements. If he’s in the next 4 years, all the libs who retire get replaced with Sotofatasses or Boatload Kagans. All the conservatives who retire get replaced with Sotofatasses or Boatload Kagans.
Then the court will have no judicial activism because they will all be liberal and when liberals do judicial activism, it’s not judicial activism.
This is what is going on. Start getting prepared. We have to make sure our cnadidates pledge to nominate only strict constitutionalists to the SCOTUS and EVERY position underneath it. No moderates or liberals anywhere. We are already swimming in them and are suffering for it, some for decades now.
The 2 he appointed are only there to do his bidding. They’ll worry about independence after he’s out.