With all the media coverage surrounding, Obama's appointment to the Supreme Court I thought I would add my thoughts to whole situation as well as a little bit about how I think about interpreting the Constitution.
Personally, I think diversity on the court whether it comes in the forms of females, blacks, asians, varying backgrounds of the judges, differing life experiences whatever but it is important to seeing all sides of a case before a decision is made. For that reason I applaud the president for choosing some who should bring a new perspective to the court.
I perhaps was a little weak in my audio discussion, portraying myself as a bit more centrist than I really am, but I really think it is difficult to know exactly how a particular justice will rule on a case ahead of time. I'm not a fan of litmus tests and that sort of thing, so for me you really just have to look at the character of the individual under consideration and think about whether they have what it takes to be a Supreme Court justice. Past cases may help in this thought, I admit, but for me I don't think you should necessarily have a long list of judicial experience before you should be considered for the Supreme Court. Life experience is every bit as important. So in summation, I probably would have confirmed Roberts and Alito though I differ in philosophy, but I probably would have chosen nominees.
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