[EL] an idea to break the logjam on a US Supreme Court appointment

[Richard Winger]

If the 8 members of the US Supreme Court were to publicly pledge to respect stare decisis on abortion, campaign finance, gays, and guns, I think the US Senate and President Obama could work together to get a new nominee on the Court in the next few months.  I think Senator McConnell would be moved by such a pledge by all 8 justices.  The nation would become more unified with such pledges, and in a moment of true danger from severe divisiveness, such pledges would be in the public interest.
The justices these days speak to audiences at law schools and other venues anyway.  There is nothing unseemly about their speaking publicly about this.

And if the members of the Court were to do that, it would forestall Ted Cruz' rhetoric that the 2nd amendment is in danger of being gutted. Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
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