Clinton on the Supreme Court?

You know, the only thing better than being president for someone interested in power might be a life long seat the the Supreme Court, and Clinton is an attorney w/ a lot of connections, I've always wondered if she would try to parlay her political clout into a seat on the bench, especially if it was a Dem president and Senate at the time...

Don't know when another seat comes up, and Clinton may never get on it, but I really wanted to bring up the point that the Heller decision was close, and it's hard for me to believe that 4 of our justices disagreed w/ the constitution and popular opinion on this topic.

If you look at the current justices on wiki (scroll down) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

...you'll see many of them are appointed by republicans, and we don't have a straight conservative showing, even of those appointed by rep.

I'm not going to get into a political debate here, but I'm just reminding people that as it concerns firearms, and the laws surrounding them, especially in light of this recent decision, that we may want to consider this decision and other future fights to come, when it comes time to vote this November.

Make sure you're ok w/ trying to at least vote in the best of the two choices in how it may affect laws and the appointment of any future justices, should the need come up...

In case you're interested which judges voted which way, and who appointed them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

Down the right hand side, you see the list of judges majority and dissenting.

Dissenting included Stevens (Ford), Souter (GHW Bush) Breyer (Clinton) , Ginsburg (Clinton)

Majority included Scalia (Reagan), Roberts (GW Bush), Kennedy (Reagan), Thomas (GHW Bush), Alito (GW Bush).

So like him or not, if it weren't for GW appointing Roberts and Alito, this may not have went our way. If Gore had got in and rolled another term, or if Kerry had gotten elected, who knows who they would have appointed when those seats came up.

My .02

Karz

Well, again, while the thought of Hil trying to get on the SC had crossed my mind before, and revisited since loss of the pres nomination...

The real point of my thread was to reiterate the importance of the positions on the SC, as indicated by the close heller/dc decision.

Think it doesn't matter this election, as some have stated? How many average people were thinking about Bush appointing two justices back in 2000 when he won his first election?

Again, I just hope everyone considers this in Nov, since this may not be the last case going to this level, even if it's not likely a seat opens up the first few years.

Even if it's not a 'conservative' or moderate seat that opens up, it's still an open seat, and we've seen this 5/4 vote. What if the next conservative seat is opened up at a time where a liberal is placed, never put off til tomorrow what you can do today. If you can help ensure a liberal anti-2a judge won't get placed for 4 years, why take a chance that it won't happen w/out your help?

my .02

Karz