{"id":128184,"date":"2015-09-29T07:10:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T13:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/29\/yes-once-again-scotus-picks-make-this-the-most-important-election-ever.html"},"modified":"2015-11-22T11:08:35","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T18:08:35","slug":"yes-once-again-scotus-picks-make-this-the-most-important-election-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/29\/yes-once-again-scotus-picks-make-this-the-most-important-election-ever.html","title":{"rendered":"Yes, once again SCOTUS picks make this the Most Important Election Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

I actually cannot recall a presidential election when that claim wasn't<\/i> made, usually by both sides of the aisle. That doesn't mean it isn't true, of course, but it is getting a bit tiresome.<\/p>\n

It is likely that the next president will get to nominated, even in a 4-year term, 1-3 Supreme Court justices. So as you're evaluating folk in the polls and who you prefer to vote for (or vote against), consider the potential nominees of each — tempered by what the US Senate will approve of, to be sure, but even in these polarized times SCOTUS nominees aren't likely to be blocked for long.<\/p>\n

What sort of justices would Cruz nominate? Or Clinton? Or Trump? Or Sanders? Or Bush? Those appointments will long outlast any presidential term. And given where we are with various cultural and legal issues, the decisions those justices make will have long-term impact on issues like abortion, religious freedom, voting and campaign finance, guns, pollution, and more.<\/p>\n

Something to consider indeed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nThe future composition of the Supreme Court is the most important civil rights cause of our time. It is more important than racial justice, marriage equality, voting rights, money in politics, abortion rights, gun rights, or managing climate change. It matters more because the ability to move forward in these other civil rights struggles depends first and foremost upon control of the Court. And control for the next generation is about to be up fo…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I actually cannot recall a presidential election when that claim wasn't made, usually by both sides of the aisle. That doesn't mean it isn't true, of course, but it is getting a bit tiresome. It is likely that the next president will get to nominated, even in a 4-year term, 1-3 Supreme Court justices. So … Continue reading “Yes, once again SCOTUS picks make this the Most Important Election 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