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Originally Posted by Bingo
what bugs me is the party lines in every thing these days.
9 jurors ... 5 liberals by definitino (or so I read, honestly don't have any idea) they all are against the death penatly for child rape. ... the 4 others all defined as conservative are for it.
does that make sense? Isn't this a more personal opinion issue than a party lines issue?
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I agree that this should be a legal/personal conviction issue more than a party line issue--but that's what I thought about Bush v. Gore, so I don't harbor any illusions that the court is in any way above the fray.
However, there aren't really 5 liberals on the court. In fact, only two of the justices were even appointed by a democrat: Ruth Bader-Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer.
On the other hand, there are 4 dependably conservative votes, all of whom were appointed by either Bush or his dad: Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Roberts. After that there is one right-leaning swing voter, Anthony Kennedy, and two left-leaning swing voters in David Souter and John Paul Stevens.
At least, I think I have that right. As I said before, I'm not a lawyer.
EDIT For accuracy