The United States Supreme Court
. . . . is as conservative now as it has been in virtually its entire history. Carter had no appointments and Clinton has had only two. That leaves seven sitting Justices as having been appointed by Republican presidents. The Reagan-Bush years led to five appointments, with only two, Kennedy and Souter, having any "liberal" tendencies whatsoever. There is a solid block of four votes that represents a staunch right wing position on almost every issue that is capable of undergoing a theoretical right vs. left analysis: Rehnquist, Scalia, O'Connor, and Thomas. Nowadays, though, right vs. left analyses, particularly in the absence of the "cold war," is much foggier.
The United States Supreme Court is, in my opinion, rather political. The issues that may confront it out of Florida are unique, though. The Justices' various desires to be rational, again, in my opinion, will likely favor the Democrats. This will be so because rational legal analysis of almost all issues in this "theatre of the absurd," the 2000 Presidential election, favors the Democrats--i.e. the right to vote and the right to have the vote counted.
God Bless America.
Happy Thanksgiving, Jim and the rest of you,
/john |
