Judicial Appointments: What’s on Tap from Obama or McCain?
Fair Courts E-lert
Bibliographic Info:
Author: Robert A. Levy
Source: FindLaw
Date: 10/02/2008
Column argues that the "hot-button issues that the federal courts will likely address over the next four years," demonstrate why "judicial nominations are vitally important." Column examines the judicial philosophies of each of the presidential candidates' and reflects on the Court's "gradual shift from reliance on the text [of the Constitution] to reliance on a living Constitution."