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Toledo
Blade
Power of the
court
During last week’s vice presidential debate, incumbent Democrat Joe
Biden mentioned in passing a critical issue that has been largely
forgotten in this year’s campaign: the power of the U.S. Supreme Court
to bring fundamental change to American society.
Mr. Biden brought up the future of the nation’s top court in the
context of abortion and how Roe vs. Wade, the landmark ruling that
established a woman’s right to make decisions about her own body, might
be overturned by a Mitt Romney nominee to the Supreme Court.
Four of the court’s nine members are in their 70s — Antonin Scalia, 76;
Anthony Kennedy, 76; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 79, and Stephen Breyer, 74.
It’s a fair bet that the presidential nominee who wins next month will
make at least one, and maybe two, appointments to the Supreme Court
over the next four years.
That could change the complexion of the court for a generation. It
could cement its conservative majority, or put the court on a more
centrist course.
Although Mr. Biden was speaking to his party’s abortion rights
supporters, this issue affects all voters. The philosophy of Supreme
Court nominees is likely to affect many issues, not just this one…
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