Just
how important are
presidential Supreme Court picks?
WASHINGTON
D.C., OCT 27, 2016 / 06:18 AM (CNA/EWTN News)
Both major presidential candidates say that the future of the Supreme Court depends on this election – but how important is the Court to Catholics, and will the next president really shape it?
Both major presidential candidates say that the future of the Supreme Court depends on this election – but how important is the Court to Catholics, and will the next president really shape it?
“It is
certainly one of the most important things that a president does,” said
Professor Michael McConnell, a law professor at Stanford University and
director of the school’s Constitutional Law Center. “And because the Supreme
Court has been so closely divided with so many 5-4 decisions, even one justice
can make a very big difference.”
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