… A justice of the court, as Senator Obama explained it - and I quote - “should share one’s deepest values, one’s core concerns, one’s broader perspectives on how the world works and the depth and breadth of one’s empathy.” These vague words attempt to justify judicial activism - come to think of it, they sound like an activist judge wrote them! 

Somehow, by Senator Obama’s standard, even Judge Roberts didn’t measure up. And neither did Justice Samuel Alito.

I think thats just one more piece of evidence that the whole basis on which this raid was premised was unfounded and was inadequately checked out, to the formulation of what basically amounted to an army that went in there and took their children.

Were that the case, two activist justices named by either Al Gore or John Kerry would presently be sitting on the bench.

The Court would have ruled that Kentucky’s Lethal Injection system for capitol punishment is cruel and unusual punishment, and the DC Gun Control Law would be affirmed.

Barely mentioned so far at this stage of the campaign, the future make-up of the Supreme Court of the United States for decades to come will hang on who wins the presidency
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Food for thought as the general election approaches.

"Somewhere along the way, too many republicans in congress became indistinguishable from the democrats they used to oppose" , he quipped.