Schumer Rues the Day

According to LifeSite.net, Senator Chuck Schumer rues the day Democrats allowed a judicial nominee to be confirmed that held more loyalty to the constitution than to Leftist politics:

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - President Bush can expect to make no more Supreme Court judicial appointments "except in extraordinary circumstances" according to Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

"We should reverse the presumption of confirmation. The Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance," Schumer said Friday at the American Constitution Society convention in Washington. "We cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts, or Justice Ginsburg by another Alito."

Schumer and other Democrats fear that another justice like Justice Alito could presage the demise of Roe v. Wade and lead to a decidedly 6-3 conservative court, instead of the current 5-4 court, with Justice Anthony Kennedy often acting as a wild card.

Expect them to wheel in Stevens and Ginsburg on life support, if necessary, to avoid having five judges on the Supreme Court who honor the Constitution.

Contrary to what we saw from the judiciary in the Terri Schiavo incident--and with abortion--we might see the courts develop a newfound appreciation for preserving and extending life.