April 14, 200818 yr Just in case you didn't read mine , as president he can put Supreme Court Judges in place to find a different meaning for a law that is already on the books......to include Constitution , without Congressional control ,or public opinion.:thumb: Hookshot, this is not a slam at your post, or RTS, or anyone else who feels this way about the appointment of liberal justices. Well, first to get any person appointed to the Supreme Court, the President must get the approval of the Senate. Even though the Democrats have a majority, it doesn't mean that the public hearings won't raise all issues, and it doesn't mean that we will have a straight party line vote. It also dosen't mean that the new Justice will vote exactly as the President that appointed him thinks he or she will. One need look no futher into the past than 1990, when President Georege H. W. Bush appointed David Souter, Judge from the US First Circuit, who was seen as pretty conservative. Souter has more consistently sided with what is seen as the liberal side of the court. Secondly, for the Supreme Court to look at a Constitutional issue, they can't just decide to change the Constitution out of thin air. Any Constitutional issue must be petitioned to the Supreme Court from the US Court of Appeals, or a case where the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction. The DC Gun case that will be decided this summer started as a lawsuit at the local level. Third, specifically for the DC gun case, a true liberal(loose constructionist) or conservative (strict constructionist) decision, IMO will be opposite of the way most people think of a liberal or conservative decision. I honestly think that the Supreme Court will remand the case back to the local level, because they understand what a political impact any decison in this case could have, and today's court doesn't want to get involved in it. IMO nothing is going to change about the way the 2nd Amendment is legally interpreted federaly.
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