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Tweet this storyWith every day that passes, a new Supreme Court replacement for Justice David Souter looms closer.
There is plenty of speculation surrounding who President Barack Obama will choose as his first High Court appointee – but few question which wing of the bench he or she will side with.
Since the left wing David Souter is retiring and a left wing justice is likely to take his seat, chances are the balance of the court won’t change dramatically from a bit picture view.
However, from a Second Amendment standpoint, it could make a difference, according to Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America (GOA).
With Senator Arlen Specter defecting to the Democratic party, some are concerned it may make it easier for Obama to get an anti-gun justice on the bench.
Pratt warns that public officials can be deceiving in their true values. Specter defected, he notes, and Souter was not the conservative the Republican party expected when George H.W. Bush appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1990.
Souter’s situation has the likes of Pratt more concerned. Not just because the nine Supreme Court Justices have a much greater bearing on the GOA’s cause to preserve the Second Amendment, but also because Sauter was a “conservative liberal.”
“At least with Specter, we’re optimistic for a more honest and favorable replacement,” Pratt says. “But with Souter, even considering how he surprised everyone when he proved to be nothing like the strong conservative Bush expected when he nominated him, we know what’s coming can’t possibly be any better.”
Jennifer LeClaire is the editor of The Voice magazine and author of "Doubtless: Faith that Overcomes the World." You can also visit her online at www.jenniferleclaire.org.
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