John Roberts nominated for Chief Justice.

Bush has decided that he believes that John Roberts is the best man for the job, of course he also thought that the director of FEMA, Homeland Security, and of course Condi where the best for the job and we see what has happened there.

Jokes aside, how will this affect the American people and our Civil Liberties? I see this turning out one of two ways.

1) Bush has realized that his botching of the relief efforts has hurt his credibility with the American People and so he is going to take the easier to nominate route and put a moderate conservative or maybe even a moderate liberal in office. They will support Roe vs. Wade and maybe even Gay Marriage, but will not say either way on Stem Cell Research.

If this occurs we may just be okay. Our rights will continue to be protected as they should be because the justices will look at what they should, The Constitution, not politics.

2) Bush will not realize that his rep is hurt and he will nominate a staunch conservative for the swing vote spot. There will be a heated battle in Congress and the Dems will try to filibuster but because of the overwhelming conservative base listening to the Christian Right the nominee will pass through. We can then expect...

Roe vs Wade will be overturned
Gay Marriage will be outlawed (and possibly other civil liberties taken from them)
Stem Cell Research will be outlawed
Medical marijuana will continue to be outlawed.
Nation wide caps on Insurance Damages will be allowed. (They have been deemed unconstitutional in the past.)
The Patriot Act will be deemed Constitutional and free speech, the 4 amendment, the 7th amendment, and all Americans will suffer.

All that we can do is hope that our elected officials do what is right and CONTACT YOUR LOCAL REP IF A NOMINEE YOU DISAGREE WITH IS NOMINATED.

We must let them know that we want someone who will protect our rights, not the wishes of one relatively small group of people.