Okay, we got some good news today on DOMA and Prop. 8. But the other decisions from the Roberts Court have been terrible, from gutting the Voting Rights Act to the Chamber of Commerce friendly decisions to Citizens United in the past. Who knows what will happen in the future? The overturn of Roe v. Wade? This shows that controlling the Supreme Court may be more important than controlling Congress. With four of the nine justices over 70, two liberal and two conservative, we need a Democratic President to be appointing the next few Supreme Court justices. Hillary Clinton gives us our best chance of winning in 2016 and we need to go with her, despite questions by some about her liberal "purity."
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Here are the ages of the Supreme Court justices:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg - 80
Antonin Scalia - 77
Antony Kennedy - 76 (almost 77)
Stephen Breyer - 74
Clarence Thomas - 65
Samuel Alito - 63
Sonia Sotomayor - 59
John Roberts - 58
Elena Kagan - 53
If the next President serves two full terms, the four oldest justices will be over 80, including swing vote Kennedy. One or more will likely retire in that time. We need to replace Scalia and Kennedy and hold on to the Ginsburg and Breyer seats. We certainly can't have Ginsburg being replaced by a conservative.
Although you may disagree with her on some issues, Hillary Clinton is our best candidate in terms of winning the 2016 presidential election. She has the name recognition, the popularity, the fundraising ability, and the ability to reinforce the Democrats' advantage with women. I trust her to make a better choice for Supreme Court than any Republican. Even if Scalia and Kennedy hold out and don't retire, Clinton could allow Ginsburg and Breyer to retire and be replaced by younger justices. And, if she serves for two terms, that would take us to 2024, by which time the demographic tide would begin to seriously adversely impact Republican presidential candidates. Once that happens and the Supreme Court is secure, then let's have it out on ideological purity.