Friday, July 01, 2005
Game On
Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement this morning.
This is bad news in a number of ways: First and foremost, she was a good jurist who did not stick inflexibly to party and ideological standards. If someone has a lifetime appointment I want them to be smart and free thinking.
The troubling part to me politically is that we stand to lose a swing vote on the Court and pick up an ultra-conservative to take her place. When you look at just the Washington Post's list of potential successors, you see that they are not onlu ultra-right wing, but also young. They could easily sit on the Supreme Court for 30 years in some cases.
So, the battle is engaged. People for the American Way's Save the Court initiative seems to be a good place to start getting involved.
This is big.
This is bad news in a number of ways: First and foremost, she was a good jurist who did not stick inflexibly to party and ideological standards. If someone has a lifetime appointment I want them to be smart and free thinking.
The troubling part to me politically is that we stand to lose a swing vote on the Court and pick up an ultra-conservative to take her place. When you look at just the Washington Post's list of potential successors, you see that they are not onlu ultra-right wing, but also young. They could easily sit on the Supreme Court for 30 years in some cases.
So, the battle is engaged. People for the American Way's Save the Court initiative seems to be a good place to start getting involved.
This is big.
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