For those of us who cherish civil liberties, the last thing we need is Sen. John McCain in the Oval Office. What many people don’t think about when pulling the lever in the voting booth is that the president appoints judges that control their lives – not only appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court, but up and down the federal judiciary.
Senator McCain’s “positions are nearly identical to the president’s on abortion and the types of judges he says he would appoint to the courts,” “How Close McCain Is to Bush Depends on the Issue,” New York Times, June 17, 2008.
President Bush’s arch-conservative choices for the Supreme Court are one vote away from a majority. One more appointment by either President Bush or Mr. McCain, if elected president, would mean a stunning reversal for human rights.
On June 12, 2008 the Supreme Court by just a 5-4 vote held that terror suspects held at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay could not be denied the right to file a habeas corpus petition to challenge why they were being held.
The news stories of the day claimed a great triumph for democracy. The linked piece...
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