Courts Are Poised to Take a Hard Right Term

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-courts4nov04.story
ELECTION 2004 / THE NATION
Courts Are Poised to Take a Hard Right Term
Conservatives say the president should use his victory to push for changes on social issues. A Supreme Court vacancy is likely.
By David G. Savage
Times Staff Writer

November 4, 2004

WASHINGTON — President Bush's victory, propelled by socially conservative voters, gives him a historic opportunity to move the federal courts to the right on issues such as religion, abortion and gay rights.

In his first term, Bush had no chance to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court. And Senate Democrats — led by Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, who lost his reelection bid Tuesday — blocked some of the president's most conservative nominees to the U.S. courts of appeal.

Now, however, a reelected Bush is likely to have a chance soon to nominate a new chief justice of the Supreme Court. And he can send more conservative judicial nominees to the Senate with reasonable confidence that a strong Republican majority will confirm them.

Already on Wednesday, conservative activists and anti-abortion leaders were encouraging Bush to use his mandate to seek fundamental changes in the law, including reversing the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. <snip>

[Anakin Skywalker]

1. Yeah Yeah Yeah!

I can just see those mofo freepers in orgiastic throes over this prospect. They can go f*** themselves!