Just a quick note here: I want Alberto Gonzales to be the next supreme court nominee. Why? Because he is the author or advocate of so many significant decisions that will come before the Court. Consequently, he will have to recuse himself. Since many of those decisions/positions are being rejected by the lower courts, it is likely that his recusal will result in 4-4 splits that necessarily result in affirmation of the lower court's ruling.
Specifically, I want the Court to uphold Oregon's Death with Dignity Act. Right now, Oregon probably wins that case at least 5-4 (and maybe 6-3), with O'Conner on the winning side. Many seem to think that if she is replaced and the result is then 4-4, the new justice will make it 5-4 for overturning the law. However, Gonzales, as AG whose office argued against the law before the Court, would have to recuse himself, leaving the vote, at worst, at 4-4, and thus affirming the Ninth Circuit's decision to uphold the law.
GO AL!!
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I'm hoping the Dems grow a couple and fight this ScAlito dude aggressively and force Frist to deploy the nuclear option, which would shut down the Senate.
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