MaxFisher said:Bush will most likely have two nominations this term....with Rehnquist set to retire soon as well.
Irvine511 said:start praying for the survival of secularism ...
Irvine511 said:2-1 odds Bush renominates Bork.
u2granny said:I know, they just announced Sandra Day O'Conner retired.
pax said:Actually, now that I think about it, this may just be the swift kick in the pants the Democratic Party needs.
nbcrusader said:My guess is that they politically view this seat as one to be filled by a woman judge (as they have identified seats in the past).
Prepare for ideological grandstanding from both parties....
pax said:Actually, now that I think about it, this may just be the swift kick in the pants the Democratic Party needs. It could be the thing that finally wakes them up to how dangerous the Americhristianist (I like that word!) agenda is.
joyfulgirl said:
That was my first thought. I have to at least try to be optimistic.
u2granny said:
That's getting more difficult everyday. Most of you have no idea what it was like in the dark ages. They're making a comeback.
u2granny said:
That's getting more difficult everyday. Most of you have no idea what it was like in the dark ages. They're making a comeback.
Irvine511 said:also, am hearing that Gonzales is a potential nominee.
perhaps, in the future, pregnant unmarried women will be sent to Gitmo and tortured?
melon said:
It's a given that Bush will appoint a conservative. The hope, of course, is that he'll pick a reasonable conservative out there like O'Connor, instead of a rabid, frothy flat-Earth conservative like Scalia.