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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (19072)	11/23/2000 2:24:13 PM
From: gooch_the_farmer	Respond to of 65232

Jim Willie CB, Odds of Gettin' that far are ?GTF PLANTIN' TOMATOES OR TOMATOS where's DQ?

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (19072)	11/23/2000 2:29:08 PM
From: Cactus Jack	Respond to of 65232

JW, Off top of my head, Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed by Reagan, with Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Clinton. Will add more if I can find it. jpgill

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (19072)	11/23/2000 2:37:38 PM
From: Cactus Jack	Respond to of 65232

JW, Makeup of Supreme Court of US is as follows: John Paul Stevens: Ford appointee Anthony Kennedy: Reagan appointee William Rehnquist: Nixon appointee (made Chief Justice by Reagan) Antonin Scalia: Reagan appointee Stephen Breyer: Clinton appointee Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Clinton appointee David Souter: Bush appointee Clarence Thomas: Bush appointee Sandra Day O'Connor: Reagan's first appointee Typically, Scalia/Rehnquist/Thomas are on the right, Breyer/Ginsburg/Stevens are on the left, and O'Connor/Souter/Kennedy are the swing votes somewhere in the middle. jpgill

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (19072)	11/23/2000 4:33:28 PM
From: techguerrilla	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 65232

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