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From: LindyBill12/20/2006 8:11:06 AM
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Why elections matter
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Joan Biskupic writes today in the USA Today about how it seems clear that the arrival of John Roberts and Sam Alito on the bench at the Supreme Court is already seeming to make a difference.

"And although most of the major decisions in their first full term together won't be announced for months, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito have signaled a readiness to move the court to the right.

In recent cases involving abortion, global warming and school integration, Roberts and Alito have been aggressive and sometimes feisty proponents of conservative views and particularly sympathetic to arguments by the Bush administration.

Their tactics have added flair to the court's public sessions and have contrasted sharply with the tentative approach that moderate Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy often took in disputes over abortion, affirmative action and other key issues."

Conservatives are heartened and liberals are downcast. We'll see if her predictions hold up once the decisions are handed down. If they do, remember that as you think about the election in 2008. I suspect that John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg will stay on the bench until there is a Democrat sitting in the Oval Office. But it does seem probable that the next president will have an opportunity to make more nominations. I would prefer even my least favorite Republican candidates duch as John McCain making the nominations than Obama or Clinton.

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