No Cream and No Sugar
04-12-2004, 03:47
Okay, the current break-down of the US Supreme Court is 3-3-1 (Sandra Day O'Connor being the swing vote). Now, I've been hearing a lot of people worrying that Bush will replace Rehnquist with a right leaning, anti-abortion, turn-back-the-clock demonic kook.
Now, my question is: so what? Rehnquist is a strong, right-leaning conservative. If he's replaced with a conservative, nothing's changed. The only way the balance will dramatically shift is if Souter, Ginsberg, or Breyer are replaced. Right now, Rehnquist is the only one who can't hold out for four years.
Hyperventalating over the possibilty of a right-wing justice being replaced by another right-wing justice seems a little silly to me. Sure, it won't move the court to the left, but it won't move it to the right either, and it certainly won't overturn Roe v. Wade.
Now, my question is: so what? Rehnquist is a strong, right-leaning conservative. If he's replaced with a conservative, nothing's changed. The only way the balance will dramatically shift is if Souter, Ginsberg, or Breyer are replaced. Right now, Rehnquist is the only one who can't hold out for four years.
Hyperventalating over the possibilty of a right-wing justice being replaced by another right-wing justice seems a little silly to me. Sure, it won't move the court to the left, but it won't move it to the right either, and it certainly won't overturn Roe v. Wade.