I really don't understand why Obama's potential influence hasn't gotten more attention this cycle. He has the potential to pick probably 2-4 of the next SCOTUS judges, to say nothing of lower federal courts. This is usually a winning issue for conservatives.
Steven Calabresi has an article describing a possible picture of the Obama judiciary:
- a federal constitutional right to welfare
- a federal constitutional mandate of affirmative action wherever there are racial disparities, without regard to proof of discriminatory intent
- a right for government-financed abortions through the third trimester of pregnancy
- the abolition of capital punishment and the mass freeing of criminal defendants
- ruinous shareholder suits against corporate officers and directors
- approval of huge punitive damage awards, like those imposed against tobacco companies, against many legitimate businesses such as those selling fattening food
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1225...html#printMode