To which I say BRING IT ON:
Schumer proudly declared: “We are contemplating how we are going to go to war over this.”
Schumer went on to say how hard it was to predict how a Supreme Court justice would turn out: “Even William Rehnquist is more moderate than they expected. The only ones that resulted how they predicted were [Antonin] Scalia and [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg. So most of the time they’ve gotten their picks wrong, and that’s what we want to do to them again.”
Schumer later went on to mock the “Gang of 14” judicial filibuster deal and said it wasn’t relevant in the Supreme Court debate.
“A Priscilla Owen or Janice Rogers Brown style appointment may not have been extraordinary to the appellate court but may be extraordinary to the Supreme Court.”
In case you were not already aware, appellate courts are the part of the judicial system that is responsible for hearing and reviewing appeals from legal cases that have already been heard in a trial-level or other lower court. Put simply, persons or entities such as corporations that experience an unsuccessful outcome in a lower court can file an appeal with an appellate court to have a decision reviewed.
Consequently, appellate courts are present at the state and federal levels. These courts do not include a jury. Furthermore, if you would like to learn more about the role of an appellate lawyer Georgia is home to some fantastic appeals law experts that can answer any questions you might have.
So, what does all this mean for the judicial system? Now of course, it has been remarked elsewhere that the spectre of the end of abortion-on-demand being waved by NOW and company isn’t exactly true. For starters, the make up of the court is 6-3 in favor of Roe. Secondly, even if SCOTUS kicked back Roe v. Wade, the decisions would be left to the individual states to decide (shades of Planned Parenthood v. Casey). So this isn’t as tumultuous as one would think, but it is certainly an opportunity to put a strong, pro-life, strict constitutionalist on the bench.
My pick is Miguel Estrada. Long shot, but my favorite anyhow.