Hearing the sad news that Justice Ginsburg is now fighting pancreatic cancer brings to the front of our thoughts that President Obama will, sooner or later, be appointing Supreme Courts justices and federal judges many times during his tenure. For conservatives, this is a frightening prospect. For power hungry, gun grabbing liberals, it’s dancing in the street time.

Ken Blackwell writes this morning at Townhall about what we might have to look forward to in an Obama pick to the United States Supreme Court.

Three people in particular are getting close scrutiny this week because their names are before the U.S. Senate. Mr. Obama has nominated David Ogden, Elena Kagan and Dawn Johnsen to be deputy attorney general, solicitor general, and the assistant attorney general in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), respectively. These positions, in addition to being three of the highest-ranking posts at the Justice Department, are also common stepping stones to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The deputy attorney general is the number two at Justice. The solicitor general is the lawyer who argues for the government in the Supreme Court when the United States is a party to a suit. And OLC issues official legal positions for the federal government.

Each of them – Mr. Ogden, Ms. Kagan and Ms. Johnsen – are committed liberals whose views on a whole range of issues are on the far left. Each of them could argue anti-gun views in our federal courts, and if any of them end up on the bench, could enshrine those views in the law books.

Call, write or email your senator and ask them to ask tough and relevant questions before these people are appointed.

Tom Remington

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