Shaping the Supreme Court

[mystieus]

Run time: 08:42 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWzwau4KOOI   Posted on YouTube: April 12, 2010 By YouTube Member: lauraflanders Views on YouTube: 5   Posted on DU: April 13, 2010 By DU Member: mystieus Views on DU: 443

 
Barack Obama already has the chance to nominate another justice to the Supreme Court with the retirement of the Court's oldest member, Justice John Paul Stevens. Stevens was appointed by Gerald Ford, a Republican, but was, as Elizabeth Holtzman says, a member of a long tradition of fair-minded independent justices.

Holtzman, a former U.S. Representative from New York, has known Stevens for years and joins Laura in studio to discuss the recent swing of the Court toward right-wing ideology, and what Obama can do to change it. Her recommendation for Stevens' seat? Let's just say it's unexpected.

[elleng]

1. Liz is great, and quite correct,

someone who will be able to persuade WITHIN the Court, in particular, persuade Kennedy to come along.

[Tx4obama]

2. Leah Ward Sears has a close friendship with Clarence Thomas

perhaps she could sway 'his' vote from time to time.
Just a thought ;)

[Tutankhamun]

3. I won't be able to watch the video until later. Can someone post

Holtzman's SCOTUS pick? Is it, as one post leads me to believe, Sears? TIA!

[GreenTea]

4. Lovely Laura - GRITtv - on Free Speech Televison & Link TV

Have you seen it?

FSTV & Link TV I donate to both, hope you do too...they only survives by donations.