Reply #73: Honestly, why is this such a big deal???

[Milo_Bloom]

Does anyone really believe that Scalia is any more conservative than Rhenquist? If you actually look at their voting record, you will be a bit surprised to find that Scalia has a more liberal record (granted not by much), but when it comes to some issues, Scalia has come down on the left side and was a few times the lone voice of the right siding with Ginsberg. (There were a series of cases involving face to face confrontation issues, where a child was allowed to testify from either behind a screen or via video and while Rhenquist and the other neo-cons said this was fine, Scalia sided with Ginsberg, Souter, etc.. (actually writing the majority opinion) stating that the constitution calls for face to face confrontation and that is what must be done (he even used shocking language in one of his opinions on another case saying that sometimes the guilty must go free to protect the innocent.)


Now, I am not saying that Scalia is an ideal justice, far from it, but the reality is that there just isn't any real difference between Scalia and Rhenquist.

IN short, this isn't the right battle to fight. The battle that needs to be tackled is when a new justice is nominated to the bench! Hopefully then Reid will have the fight to keep a wacko off the court!