Dearest A,
Barack Obama has finally secured the nomination, Hillary Clinton's refusal to concede notwithstanding.
What does this mean for us lawyer-types? Two words: Supreme Court.
Those of us who do not belong to the Federalist Society are quite worried about our beloved Court. The decisions of the last terms were, on the whole, stunning. The backtracking on school desegregation in Seattle/Louisville. The imposition of unreasonable deadlines on people completely unaware that their employer is discriminating against them in Ledbetter. And, perhaps most disappointing of all, Justice Kennedy's patronizing depiction of the women who choose to have abortions in Gonzales.
Here's the funny thing: the best we can hope for is to keep the status quo. Barring some disaster befalling a younger, conservative member of the Court, the only seats likely to open up in the new term are those held by the "liberal" Justices Stevens, Ginsburg, and maybe Souter. We need a President Obama to keep from turning a conservative Court even more to the right. But we can't expect a shift back to the center anytime soon.
Love,
Sammy
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