A Conservative Court?

I have never been one to get to hyper about the claims that somehow a GOP win means that all of our rights will be taken away.

A New York Times article makes a point that I think disproves the so-called litmas test.

In the last 36 years, four Republican presidents have appointed all but two of the current nine justices.
But on the most contested social issues - abortion, affirmative action, school prayer and gay rights - the court has sided with liberals, while only modestly advancing the deregulatory agenda of the Republicans.
"If the goal of Republican presidents was to build a court that exercised its own power with greater restraint or adhered strictly to the original constitutional text, then they have clearly failed," said Thomas Keck, a political science professor at Syracuse University and author of "The Most Activist Supreme Court in History."

However, one can't help but wonder what type of judges Bush will appoint, and he will get at least one or two of them. One thing I learned in Poli Sci at college is that many Presidents have been disappointed by the picks they've made because some judges tend to have a mind of their own once they get on the Bench.

Here's the full article