Obama and the Supreme Court

[shooter32]

Justice Clinton X2

I heard that the only way Clinton would give her support to B HO would be, she be appointed 

[wrhall]

In  regards to  the  GOP  appointing  7  of  the  justices   IMO  it  shows (1) the need  for  term  limits since  so  many  justices  tend  to  GROW with the length  of  their   stay &  (2)  check  out  any  &  every  vote  of  the 2 DEM  justices. AND  before  anyone   starts ,YES, I  know  any  term  limits  on  the  legis OR judicial  branches  would  require  a  constitutional  amendment.That  does  not  mean it  would NOT be  good or  is NOT needed.In  a  fair  world  that senile  SOB  Stephens  would  NOT  realize  who  was  the  PRES  & BHO  could NOT  replace him   with a newer longer  lasting  version but  as  I  learned  long ago  the  world is NOT  fair .

[tt11758]

Actually, the SCOTUS will probably be abolished in favor of a Politburo.

[ericire12]

Obama said last night in the debate:

"I think that it’s important for judges to understand that if a woman is out there trying to raise a family, trying to support her family, and is being treated unfairly, then the court has to stand up, if nobody else will. And that’s the kind of judge that I want."


http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/16/debate-difference-of-principles-on-judiciary/

Ed Morrissey said it best:

Except, of course, that’s not their job.  Judges have the task of applying the law as promulgated by coordination between the elective branches of government, the legislature and the executive.  That responsibility does not rest with the one branch of government unaccountable to the voters.  That design intends to keep the US from being ruled by lifetime-tenured star chambers with no recourse left available to the electorate.

That undermines the entire notion of representative government.  Our system works because we create the laws under which we live, through our elected representatives.  If they pass bad laws or fail to pass good laws, they have to answer for that in elections on a regular basis.  What Obama proposes is to have judges create laws rather than elected representatives — judges who were not elected and who have no accountability to the people that they would rule in such a system.

Judicial activism distorts representative democracy and the legitimacy of self-government.  Barack Obama wants it, though, because he believes that he can achieve ends through judicial activism that he can’t get through the democratic process.  It’s anti-democratic at its core, and while Obama is clearly not the only advocate of this philosophy, he may be the most explicit supporter ever to get this close to the power to appoint those judges.