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Originally Posted by cabo35
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... I want my Courts to decide law...not policy.
I believe that the Supreme Court should decide matters of Constitutional Law without setting public policy. Judge Sotomayor clearly has stated she believes the Courts set public policy throwing our checks and balances system between the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government askew. She will be a tool of the left in circumventing the will of the people and creating policy that cannot be obtained legislatively.
She will most likely be appointed.
Steve, it is a rare moment indeed when I disagree with you. This is one. I still respect and enjoy your thoughful input.
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When issues of federal law hit the Supreme Court, they have already gone through at least one of the U.S. Courts of Appeal. There are hundreds (if not more) situations where the same issue has been decided differently by various Courts of Appeal, and thus the "law of the land" is actually different from one jurisdiction to another. Only if someone pushes the issue for a SCOTUS decision, does the issue ever get resolved so that a uniform "national" law exists. And in making its decision, SCOTUS may take any of the lower court's position, or hybrid a decision of its own.
One of the ironies about SCOTUS is that it is staffed not so much liberal-versus-conservative, but Northeasterners versus all others - 5 justices from the Boston-Washington Megopolis, 2 Californians, 2 Midwesterners. This mix doesn't change with the replacement of a Northeasterner with another Northeasterner.