Ginsburg says: New SCOTUS Justice soon

[Duke of Doubt]

deckard, I think you'll find BO pretty much pre-empts State for diplomacy -- have you seen HRC on TV lately, or travelling on diplomatic missions? Me, either. HRC will get frustrated and bored. Also, after law school and private practice all those years, it's impossible to imagine she'd turn down a SCOTUS seat.

 

[mljdeckard]

Not gonna happen.

 

[everallm]

USmarine,

Ginsburg out and "even steven" swap, no difference for us for incorporation, too short a time span.

Over the long term......maybe bad. maybe neutral, maybe positive. Unless I could see it the future and predict who and when then it's just supposition and IMHO.

I would love to call the incorporation issue but there are simply too many variables. I believe it will be positive but If I knew I would be placing bets and replenishing the pension fund.....

 

[TRGRHPY]

Why are people's names who are not judges even being mentioned? omedy relief?

 

[Duke of Doubt]

TRGRHPY, there exists a long tradition of non-judges and even non-lawyers being appointed to SCOTUS, even as Chief Justice. W.H. Taft, for example.

I nominate Pamela Anderson.

Seriously; she'd be a far wiser and fairer Justice than Ruth Bader-Meinhof.

 

[JohnL2]

This is extremely serious. Don't you guys know just how close we came to losing the 2nd Amendment with the Heller v. D.C. case? We greased by with one vote. One vote.
It is hard to understand the other side; how they are willing to give up a basic right and freedom for a false sense of security. When you really think about it, all feelings of security are false. It is just a lull.

 

[rbernie]

We have known since before the election that the next two justices likely to retire would likely be anti-gun, and would likely be replaced with anti-gun picks, therefore giving no difference at all.

This is very likely true.

So why are folks getting all worked up over this. It should be a complete non-issue.

<yawn>

 

[hso]

So, who cares???

The supremes most likely to retire are not 2A supporters so replacing them with another advocate of the collective instead of individual right is a zero change condition to us.

Panic when one of the supremes that voted for Heller has to be replaced.

Until then, Don't Panic.

 

[tuckerdog1]

Look for Chuckie Schummer to be on the short list........

My breakfast just soured in my stomach

Tuckerdog1

 

[mblat]

Could Obama appoint anyone worse that Ginsberg to replace her. Not in a million years.

Exactly..... Besides.... there seem to be a shift among liberal judges and such. They are willing to accept gun rights in order to promote other favorite toys of theirs like gay marriage etc.

So we may not end up so bad....

On other side prospect of young Ginsburg clone doesn't excite me anyhow.

 

[Maelstrom]

Since no one seems to be mentioning this, I'll explain why picking up another Scalia would be important.

The answer is Kennedy.

This is Kennedy's court. The rest of the justices only exist to cancel each other out a great deal of the time.

If the strict interpretation judges didn't have to pander to a "moderate" like Kennedy, the decision on Heller could have been written the way Scalia really wanted it to.

Perhaps something closer to,

"Dear Liberals,

Bite me.

-Love Scalia"

It's not about replacing a liberal with a liberal. It's about neutralizing Kennedy.

 

[Zundfolge]

I don't even understand why Schumer's name is bandied about - he's got the intellect of a dim-witted hamster.

You answered your own question.

The left doesn't want intelligent, thoughtful students of the constitution, they want politicians that will rule the way they want the law to read, not the way it actually reads.

 

[RP88]

and that is the 'condition' or 'situation' we have to look at, here. Essentially, the ruling came down to the swing vote. Kennedy ruled with Heller. Going off that, he should rule in favor of incorporation. But what about other gun-related cases that have nothing to do with defining the right, but instead see how far its definition stretches? AWBs? Licensing? What if those sorts of cases come up in the next few years? Assuming a status quo, how will Kennedy vote then?

That's the problem with trying to guess.