Romney Court Could Turn America Into A Tea Party Utopia: Experts | TPMDC

For reasons that mystify me former con law law professors Barack Obama (Chicago)  and Joe Biden (Widener) have spent less time battling to fill federal judicial vacancies than I would expect from liberals.  Meanwhile the worst are full of passionate intensity.  - gwc
Romney Court Could Turn America Into A Tea Party Utopia: Experts | TPMDC: 
by Sahil Kapur 

"A potential Mitt Romney presidency carries huge implications for the Supreme Court that have conservatives excited and progressives fearful about the future. Liberal-leaning Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 79, and Steven Breyer, 74, are likely candidates for retirement during a Romney administration, the GOP nominee has vowed to appoint staunch conservatives, and the influential conservative legal community will make sure he follows through. Replacing even one of the liberal justices with a conservative, legal scholars and advocates across the ideological spectrum agree, would position conservatives to scale back the social safety net and abortion rights in the near term. Over time, if a robust five-vote conservative bloc prevails on the court for years, the right would have the potential opportunity to reverse nearly a century of progressive jurisprudence." 'via Blog this'