Obama, Supreme Court and extreme partisanship

Obama campaigned on bipartisanship and spoke about it frequently after he took office. Was he serious? Is he now?

We’ll find out as Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, acknowledged leader of the liberal wing of the Court, retires as many speculate may happen as soon as this month.

Liberal Stevens was nominated by Republican President Gerald Ford.

That’s a key point, and one I think deserves a great deal of attention. Will Obama match Ford’s bipartisanship?

It’s always struck me as funny how Republicans have had a record of nominating liberal justices, but darned if I can find Democrats nominating anyone but liberals. In fact, I had to wander back nearly half a century to John F. Kennedy to find a Democrat who nominated a non-liberal to the Supreme Court (Byron White).

Republicans have nominated gobs of Souters, O’Connors, and even early Roe supporter Burger. Democrats have…..none. Zero. Zilch. 1962 the last time a Democrat President nominated someone that wasn’t devoutly, expressly and indisputably liberal.

Will Obama change that?

Obama liked to campaign about uniting the nation and being a “transformative” political leader. Will he be? Or will be simply a liberal ideologue looking to stamp his political opinions in judicial decisions.

How much of a leader will he be?

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