A Win by McCain Could Push a Split Court to Right
A win by Obama could keep it even
Does the supreme court make up matter in your presidential choice? I think it matters more than any other issue. Wapo does a good job of explaining it.
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A victory by the presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, would probably mean preserving the uneasy but roughly balanced status quo, since the justices who are considered most likely to retire are liberal. A win for his Republican counterpart, John McCain, could mean a fundamental shift to a consistently conservative majority ready to take on past court rulings on abortion rights, affirmative action and other issues important to the right.
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