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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
I'm not so sure of how certain we can be, Keedy. There have been examples in previous appointments where the SCOTUS justice seemed to decide much differently than people were lead to believe prior to the confirmation of the appointment. Justice David Souter is a good example. He was appointed by President Bush 41 with the expectation that he would be a conservative justice. It turned out that his decisions and opinions leaned to the liberal side far more often than anticipated.
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Good point Kahuna....the political climate at the time of the Souter appointment was still In shell-shock because of the Bork episode. Of the 4 candidates that the Bush administration put on their list....Souter had the least "paper trail". Remember, even though nobody knew his opinions on issues like abortions, around 10 senators voted against him including Kerry and Kennedy of Massachusetts. The head of NOW, I think, protested that his appointment would set back women's rights.
So, in this political world of tit for tat...the left should not protest too much for the scrutiny displayed towards this most recent appointment.