Okay so it's a pretty important job being a supreme court justice. A lot of people truly look up to those people sitting up there on that bench. A few weeks ago, we, the American people, learned of one of our judges having pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is right now the number one deadliest form of cancer known. There is a five percent survival rate among people developing this form of cancer, heck there is even a higher survival rate of brain cancer, and everyone knows that you can definately not live with out your brain.
I am a definate liberal, and so is Ginsburg, the current break up of liberal to conservative is 5:4, with John Roberts, the Chief Justice, being conservative. Now if Ginsburg dies, the ratio will become primarily equal, though I would say it would start to lean towards the conservative side.
The good news is that if Obama has a chance to appoint a new Justice, then he wil probably choose another liberal, that would be a very good thing. Also in my opinion the Supreme Court needs some young blood to refresh it, if we could get a youngish liberal into a seat then it would be very good for some important issues that we will see hit the supreme court sometime in the next few years (i.e. Same-Sex Marriage, as to my knowledge four out of the five current liberals in the court are pro gay marriage, while only one conservative is).
The other issue that might come up is the fact that only one of the judges on the US Supreme Court are not Christian and that is Ginsburg, who is Jewish. The Supreme Court might start to show a lacking of diversity also because Ginsburg is the only woman currently on the supreme court, though Sandra Day O'Conner is still in a position to fill when needed.
So basically if Ginsburg retires or dies, the Supreme court could be a toss up between liberals and conservatives but I'm just hoping that my side will come out on top.
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