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What has the impact been of the two new Bush Justices, John Roberts and Samuel Alito...
...Specter picks his battles with the President carefully. He has been, for example, one of Bush's most important advocates on his judicial nominees. As chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Specter shepherded through Bush's two nominees to the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito. "The President understands that there's a separation of power and that I have a duty to be independent and I think he acknowledges that," Specter said. "I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized...
...seat on the Supreme Court, liberals have feared that the court would turn right on the issues they care most about. And this was the year their fears finally began to be vindicated. As the first full term with both Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito came to a close, it became increasingly clear that in the post--Sandra Day O'Connor era, the center of the court has shifted several degrees to the right. Both Alito and Anthony Kennedy, who has emerged as the new swing Justice, are more conservative than O'Connor was on some key issues that...
...Though Alito and Roberts have often voted with Scalia and Thomas, they are not visionaries. Instead, they pay close attention to precedent, and they write opinions with deep attention to detail and legal craft. Unlike Scalia and Thomas, "they don't thunder," says Sunstein. "They?re excellent, but not inspiring...
...term, but it may have a big effect in the future. It could mean the cornerstones of constitutional law - the limits on presidential power and the precedents like Roe v. Wade - may survive the Roberts court, as Scalia and Thomas continue to thunder on the right while Roberts and Alito exercise the same relative restraint they have shown...