"How will Barack Obama impact the [U.S.] Supreme Court?"
President Obama
's impact on the U.S. Supreme Court
to date has been a wash: when Supreme Cour
t Justices David Souter and John Paul Stevens, both liberals, retired in 2009 and 2010,
respectively, President Ob
ama picked Sonia Sotomayor and Elena
Kagan, both liberals.
Here is the composition of the U.S. Suprem
e Cour
t today:
| Justice |
Born |
Leans |
Appointed |
By President |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
1933 |
Liberal |
1993 |
Bill Clinton |
| Antonin Scalia |
1936 |
Conservative |
1986 |
Ronald Reagan |
| Anthony Kennedy |
1936 |
Swing |
1988 |
Ronald Reagan |
| Stephen Breyer |
1938 |
Liberal |
1994 |
Bill Clinton |
| Clarence Thomas |
1948 |
Conservative |
1991 |
George H.W. Bush |
| Samuel Alito |
1950 |
Conservative |
2006 |
George W. Bush |
| John Roberts |
1955 |
Conservative |
2005 |
George W. Bush |
| Sonia Sotomayer |
1954 |
Liberal |
2009 |
Barack Obama |
| Elena Kagan |
1960 |
Liberal |
2010 |
Barack Obama |
Four of the nine Justices are
73 to 78 years old.
If Justices
Scalia and
Kennedy retire or die during the remainder of Oba
ma's
presidency, they will be replaced with liberal appointees who
will create a dominant 6:3 liberal majority capable of not only upholding
Roe v Wade but also striking down the
homosexual marriage bans
now in effect in 29 states.
If Justices Ginsburg and/or Breyer, both liberals, retire or die instead, the
status quo will continue under President Obam
a. If however, they retire or die
under a
Christian President and are
replaced by conservative appointees, a dominant 6:3 or even a 7:2 conservative majority
capable of overturning
Roe v Wade would result.
Why America needs a Christian President
