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Article: High court, high stakes: on morality, regulation, and privacy, the right seeks a Supreme Court revolution. Senate hearings have one job: to block it.
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- The American Prospect
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- August 1, 2005
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AS WE GO TO PRESS, WE DON'T KNOW THE NAME of President Bushs Supreme Court nominee o nominees. But it is clear that he will eventually get two, and maybe more--enough to lead a radical transformation of constitutional law. The challenge is to keep this point at the center of the debate and to avoid diverting attention with personal attacks or strategic maneuvering.
The president has repeatedly promised us justices like Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia, and I propose to take him at his word. If we simply take the trouble to read their opinions, it becomes evident that a Court dominated by Thomases and Scalias would launch a constitutional revolution on a scale ...