For many conservatives, the most alarming consequence of a Democratic supermajority in the Senate is that it would allow a President Obama to appoint any judges he likes. With five of the nine Supreme Court justices over 70 and many seats on lower courts deliberately left vacant by the Democratic Senate in anticipation of a Democratic president, that could have far-reaching consequences.
Mr Obama might make good choices—his choice of advisers has usually been sound. But he has promised to pick judges for their “empathy” and “understanding” of “what it’s like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old.” That could just be campaign blather, but conservatives fear he means it: that he really does want judges to favour the underdog rather than uphold the law dispassionately as their oath of office requires. Stephen Calabresi, a conservative jurist, says an Obama court could usher in ruinous shareholder lawsuits, huge punitive damages and even a constitutional right to welfare.
This is a better description than my sprawling post.
2. The best campaign, or the worst campaign? Depends who you ask:
Best - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7701877.stm
Worst - http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24582660-7583,00.html
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Hey - just thought you'd like to see this:
http://www.nerve.com/dispatches/nerveeditors/20-greatest-campaign-ads-of-all-time/index.asp?page=4
it's a list of the "top" 20 campaign ads since campaigns could be televised.
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