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sebastian_dangerfield
So do I. Ain't going to happen. The GOP claims to want federalists on the bench, until the states' rights sought to be protected offend the moral agenda of their right wing jackass brigade. In those cases, the GOP suddenly becomes the party of Big Fed Govt.
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The one [and only] area where our "big tent" HAS been united is on appointed state' rights/federalist jurists. The putrid decisions [possibly] expanding the Takings Clause and the nonsensical jibberish involving the Establishment Clause will only further embolden the federalist side to insist on new Justices not beholden to Hollywood, George Soros, Babs and the PC police.
People on th right want both Kennedy and O'Connor dead after this term. A bit extreme, I think. But their opinions boggle the mind.
Within the next 6 months, expect the following:
1) Thomas (unfortunately, not Scalia) tapped for CJ after Rehnquist resigns;
2) The Reps to go "nuclear" on the Dems illegal fillibuster tactics, especially after they broke the "compromise" less than 28 hours later by refusing a vote on Bolton;
3) Bush taps - and gets tapped - 2 new SCOTUS Judges by 2007;
4) Stevens and/or Ginsberg both retire due to illness/death right before the 2008 election; It becomes the decisive POTUS issue (more so than Iraq, a nuclear North Korea, renegade China, or the resurgent Soviet Union of non-elected Putin)
FWIW - I hope I'm wrong on #4
