Here is an excerpt from a New York Times story:
“Roe would have been overruled,” said Geoffrey Stone, a law professor at the University of Chicago, “and many more of the Warren Court decisions would have been completely undermined.”
Similarly, it is a little glib to say that Mr. Obama will not reshape the basic dynamic of the court in appointing a liberal replacement for a liberal justice. If nothing else, Mr. Obama has the opportunity to replace Justice Souter, who is 69, with someone perhaps two decades younger, meaning that the justice’s seat is likely to remain a liberal one for a long time.
John O. McGinnis, a conservative law professor at Northwestern, said Mr. Obama should be looking for Justice Souter’s opposite in one respect. “Justice Souter shows negatively the importance of trying to find a very good writer,” Professor McGinnis said. “That is a hugely important criterion.”
The first person to spot the bias gets a gold star on the forehead.
