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Originally Posted by Greyson
U.S. 9th Circut Court of Appeals Rules Proposition 8 IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!
US Supreme Court here we come!
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The question is, will the Supreme Court uphold the unconstitutionality of Prop 8?
In ten of the last eleven appointments, the new justice was more conservative than the one replaced.
Current Members
Name Date of Accession Appointed by Title General ideology
Antonin Scalia September 26, 1986 Ronald Reagan Associate Justice conservative
Anthony Kennedy February 18, 1988 Ronald Reagan Associate Justice moderate/swing
Clarence Thomas October 23, 1991 George H. W. Bush Associate Justice
conservative
Ruth Bader Ginsburg August 10, 1993 Bill Clinton Associate Justice liberal
Stephen Breyer August 3, 1994 Bill Clinton Associate Justice
liberal
John Roberts September 29, 2005 George W. Bush Chief Justice conservative
Samuel Alito January 31, 2006 George W. Bush Associate Justice conservative
Sonia Sotomayor August 6, 2009 Barack Obama Associate Justice liberal
Elena Kagan August 7, 2010 Barack Obama Associate Justice
liberal
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From Huff Post, July 2011:
WASHINGTON — Democrats and liberals have a nightmare vision of the Supreme Court's future: President Barack Obama is defeated for re-election next year and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 78 the oldest justice, soon finds her health will not allow her to continue on the bench.
The new Republican president appoints Ginsburg's successor, cementing conservative domination of the court, and soon the justices roll back decisions in favor of abortion rights and affirmative action.