... Supreme Court nomination battle to begin sooner than expected.
With Justice O'Connor's announcement of her resignation, it became clear that President Bush's choice to replace her would represent not only an opportunity to maintain the current ideological balance in the Supreme Court but actually shift it towards the right. At stake, once again, is the fate of Roe v. Wade. With the imminent departure of Justice O'Connor, conservative opponents of Roe are already mobilizing to take advantage of what they perceive to be a golden opportunity to overturn Roe. In the words of Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council:
With Justice O'Connor's announcement of her resignation, it became clear that President Bush's choice to replace her would represent not only an opportunity to maintain the current ideological balance in the Supreme Court but actually shift it towards the right. At stake, once again, is the fate of Roe v. Wade. With the imminent departure of Justice O'Connor, conservative opponents of Roe are already mobilizing to take advantage of what they perceive to be a golden opportunity to overturn Roe. In the words of Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council:
We in the conservative movement have been waiting for over a decade for this moment in time to see a philosophical shift in the Court and we will seize this opportunity... We will be mobilizing over 20,000 churches across the nation through a variety of means. We are in communication daily with over a million people through our website. We have brought on new staff just for this battle that is pending.So, in other words: "Gee, we can't wait to turn this country into a misogynistic theocracy!" Good times.
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