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Tex · 10-29-2008, 06:00 PM

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

10-29-2008, 06:00 PM	#1
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	The Obama Judiciary 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 __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young