Poll: US Supreme Court is Too Conservative
Don't expect President Bush to get any "up or down" votes should he get another shot at putting a justice on the Highest Court in the Land. From the WashPost:
Of course, if his Administration wasn't trying to turn both the Justice Department and the judicial branch into his own personal political weapons, people probably wouldn't feel this way.
Nearly a third of the public -- 31 percent -- thinks the court is too far to the right, a noticeable jump since the question was last asked in July 2005. That's when Bush nominated John G. Roberts Jr. to the court and, in the six-month period that followed, the Senate approved Roberts as chief justice and confirmed Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.
The two have proved to be reliably conservative justices, and the increasingly polarized court this year moved to uphold restraints on abortion, restrict student speech rights and limit the ability of school districts to use race in student assignments, among other issues.
Of course, if his Administration wasn't trying to turn both the Justice Department and the judicial branch into his own personal political weapons, people probably wouldn't feel this way.
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