still undecided in 08?

correct me if i am wrong but is there going to be like 5 supreme court justice position coming open next year............hear 5 of them will be turning 70..........do we really want osama bin obama picking the replacements

The thought of Obama picking anything more than his nose scares me....

Sounds like a good time for a libertarian president.

Ratzilla wrote:

Sounds like a good time for a libertarian president.

As well as a Congress and Senate...

zeke wrote:

correct me if i am wrong but is there going to be like 5 supreme court justice position coming open next year............hear 5 of them will be turning 70..........do we really want osama bin obama picking the replacements

Below is a list of current active Supreme Court Justices, in order of seniority:


John Roberts (Chief Justice), January 27, 1955, age 53

John Paul Stevens, April 20, 1920, age 88

Antonin Scalia, March 11, 1936, age 72

Anthony Kennedy, July 23, 1936, age 71

David Souter, September 17, 1939, age 68

Clarence Thomas, June 23, 1948, age 60

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, March 15, 1933, age 75

Stephen Breyer, August 15, 1938, age 69

Samuel Alito, April 1, 1950, age 58

As you can see, six of the nine justices will have reached their seventieth birthday before the end of the next president's first term. It's also interesting to note that the three who are considered the most conservative are also the youngest (Roberts, Thomas, Alito), while the two oldest, John Paul Stevens and Ruth Buzzy Ginsburg are considered to be liberal. It appears to me that McCain would have a bigger opportunity to change the balance on the court in regard to issues such as Roe v. Wade than Obama would. However, that goes on the assumption that McCain would choose conservatives as nominees, and he hasn't exactly been the most predictable member of the Senate.

zeke wrote:

correct me if i am wrong but is there going to be like 5 supreme court justice position coming open next year............hear 5 of them will be turning 70..........do we really want osama bin obama picking the replacements

The incoming President will not be appointing any Supreme Court Justices anytime soon, see the bolded section below.

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS)[1] is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal judiciary. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed with the "advice and consent" of the Senate. Justices serve "during good Behaviour,"[2] which terminates at death, resignation, retirement, or conviction on impeachment.[3] The Court meets in Washington, D.C. in the United States Supreme Court building. The Supreme Court is primarily an appellate court, but has original jurisdiction in a small number of cases.[4]

slider wrote:

The incoming President will not be appointing any Supreme Court Justices anytime soon

WTF are you thinking? Stevens is 88 years old. At that age, a good day is any day that you wake up in the morning. That's an almost certain appointment in the next 4 1/2 years.

Did anyone else notice that Justice Stevens' birthday is 4/20?

And beware the Ides of March.

Justoo wrote:

Ides of March.

"I'm your vehicle, baby
I'll take you anywhere you wanna go
I'm your vehicle, darling
And by that, I'm sure you know
That I love you (love you), need you (need you), want you
Got to have you child
Great God in heaven you know I lo-o-ove you."

EP.....I see you've still got music tourettes.

steinem wrote:

EP.....I see you've still got music tourettes.

You, young lady, should be responding to the actual topic of this thread rather than the frivolous musical references.

Both of you.

nitromaxx98 wrote:

Ratzilla wrote:

Sounds like a good time for a libertarian president.

As well as a Congress and Senate...

That ain't no sheet.

Justoo.. Barr has flipped on an issue or two, but I always did think him a far more libertarian minded man than our other main party choices.

not liberal country screwed up enouph need people to get country back on it's feet, and i am not talking about the economy, the economy is doing fine, after all where do you see the long lines at, soup kitchen and employment lines or at the I phone stores and starbucks.

zeke wrote:

not liberal country screwed up enouph need people to get country back on it's feet, and i am not talking about the economy, the economy is doing fine, after all where do you see the long lines at, soup kitchen and employment lines or at the I phone stores and starbucks.

LOL. Ok. let's see. You're right, there's no soup lines, cuz it's NOT 1933. The collapse of the system will most likely manifest itself differently in these times....and yes there are some safeguards in place but will they dig us out of this mess...and. by the way.....I think Starbuck's closed, what 600 stores this past two months? .......Ever heard of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac?

It's the stupid economy......consider watching this....


http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=176740&title=headlines-its-the-stupid-economy