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Article: Mr. President, the Supreme Court matters
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- Chicago Defender
- Article date:
- November 5, 2008
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On the way to the voting booth on November 4, in addition to dunking about who should occupy the White House, we should also be concerned about who he will appoint to federal courts.
The President-elect will likely name one to three Justices to the Supreme Court and hundreds to lower federal courts. I can't overemphasize how important this is to America's children and future.
Federal judges are appoint- ed to life terms and preside over cases involving a broad range of issues affecting chil- dren and working families including health care, educa- tion, civil rights and child safety. For example, in June 2008, the Supreme Court struck down Washington, D.C.'s ban on handguns in its ruling in ...