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Politics : Politics of Supreme Court Nominations
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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (1)7/10/2005 1:54:02 PM
From: CYBERKEN  Read Replies (3) of 292
 
Reagan appointed O'Connor because he thought she was a pleasant and reasonable person. It goes down in history as one of his stellar errors.

OTOH, the prospect of only being on the court for a limit of 12 years, then having to go live in the environment she helped create (and also having to defend herself), may have made her adhere to that reasonableness that Reagan thought he detected in her.

Another solution to judicial tyranny that has far better prospects than just getting the right president to make the appointments: Abolish the lifetime appointment in favor of a 12-year duty.

Even the military services only require 20 years...
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