(November 13, 2016 at 3:19 pm)Opoponax Wrote:(November 13, 2016 at 3:03 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Not yet. Even if Trump nominates someone as Scalia to replace Scalia, you still have a makeup that advanced gay rights and continued to uphold Roe v Wade. Imperfect, of course -- Citizens United comes to mind -- but the midterms in 2018 are crucial to blocking any further nominations of his.
Our SCOTUS Justices are old. At this point all we can hope for is that they don't retire or die. If that happens, we'll be looking at a 6-3 conservative majority. It's what I was hoping we'd get with a Hillary win, except in the other direction.
I understand that they're old. That's why 2018 is crucial.
