You knew it was coming.  You’ve known it since November 4th (officially January 20th).  You know it happens every so often during a presidential administration.  You know that the president will appoint a Supreme Court justice.  It’s fairly inevitable that it’s going to happen, with few exceptions.  Wikipedia tells me that 39 Presidents have appointed at least one justice.

And every time a new president is elected, members of the other party freak out.  I suppose it’s for good reason.  After all, the choice of a justice a president makes could end up on the bench for years, perhaps decades.   The oldest, John Paul Stevens, has been on since 1975.  Their vote on cases might help shift the course of law and history for a long time.| MORE ›

‘The Supreme Court has an opportunity to reaffirm or reshape the nation’s civil rights laws as it faces a rare confluence of cases over the next two weeks, including a high-profile challenge brought by white firefighters who claim they lost out on promotions because of the “color of their skin”,’ the Washington Post reports.| MORE ›