Supreme Court Strategery

18Jul09

Far and away one of the most effective (in terms of achieving his objectives) decisions by George W. Bush was nominating Justices Roberts and Alito. Although Bush deserves little of the credit since he tired to place Harriet Myers on the Court, there is no denying that Conservative got exactly what they were looking in Roberts and Alito.

And in all likelihood they’ll get many decades of Roberts and Alito rulings, since both are young, healthy, and clean living folks. The model is clear for the GOP: nominate youngish, Conservative, Catholics judges and you decades of no surprises Conservative judicial rulings. So what’s the model for the Democrats?

Women. Roughly same age as Roberts. That’s best way to avoid a surprise vote against Roe, or some other major set back in the judicial realm. Additionally women live longer then men. Imagine a court with 5 women picked by and 4 men picked by Republicans. Everything else being equal the Dems would picks would last longer.

That’s one area where Sonia Sotamayor fails. She’s diabetic and probably has a shorter life expectancy then John Roberts. It might seem like a small thing, but there’s a lot of 5-4 decisions, and it just takes one new justice to start shifting the balance

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