01-25-2006, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ELOrocks17
But for Diane to call Johnson and Alito "extremeist" while totally ignoring Ginsberg
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Who is Johnson? Did you mean Roberts, perhaps?
I would order the Court like this:
Radical right: Thomas, Scalia
Conservative: Kennedy
Moderate: Souter
Liberal: Ginsburg and Stevens
I expect Alito to be radical right, and Roberts conservative, though he too might be far right.
Clinton won Republican support for Ginsburg. She was considered moderate when she was nominated, and I believe she is fairly moderate, except on social issues, where she is liberal. Souter was considered conservative, and from what I understand a case could be made that he's still conservative. He bases his decisions on the right to privacy; that's why he has come down in favor of gay rights and abortion. He's not pro-abortion, but he's against the government interfering with a woman's body.
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