The Supreme Court Is At the Tipping Point

By John W. Dean
Created Feb 23 2007 - 9:25am

- from FindLaw (posted with permission) [1]

Should A Democratic Senate Prevent Bush From Creating A Solidly Conservative
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"It has been two decades in the making, but this is the year Justice Antonin
Scalia, the Supreme Court's most outspoken dissenter, could emerge as a
leader of a new conservative majority," reports David Savage [2], legal
reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Savage says that the Court will soon
issue rulings relating to race, religion, abortion and campaign finance
"where Scalia's views may now represent the majority."

David Savage's analysis is a reminder that the High Court is closer than
ever to a conservative tipping point. Today, the conservative bloc consists
of Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia,
Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito. The center-left justices are John Paul
Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer.

Gandalf Grey wrote:

There is one thing more certain that death and taxes - conservatives on
the court can rewrite laws faster than congress can write them.

In 2000, a very conservative Supreme Court used an anti slavery
amendment to justify their involvement in an election dispute.

Bush v Gore will go down in history as the second worst case decided by
the Supreme Court. Nothing conservatives do now will be able to erase
the damage they've done. While Bush violates every part of our
constitution the Supreme Court goes on vacation.