Peter
Junior Chimp
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« on: January 15, 2005, 06:20:00 PM » |
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Much more importantly, Justice Stevens would have been able to retire under a Democratic President, thus enabling a true liberal lion to be appointed to the Court to balance the intellect that is Justice Scalia. Stevens would probably have retired in the last couple of years of Clinton (he hadn't been able to because of Lewinskygate) or in the opening years of Gore. Longer term, it would have pushed the Court towards a more liberal mindset with obviously one young, liberal Justice replacing Stevens, and the likely moderates replacing semi-conservative O'Connor and conservative Rehnquist.
Could have changed the face of the country for literally 30 years.
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