https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/09/a-return-to-judicial-activism/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 08:50:35 -0400<![CDATA[Four justices on the Supreme Court are in their mid- to late seventies now: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Stephen Breyer. With past as prelude, we can expect any Obama nominees to be reliably liberal in the mold of his two appointments from the first term, Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor. At a minimum, the president will likely replace the aging liberals Ginsburg and Breyer with younger models. But it’s also possible that Kennedy or Scalia, or both, could leave the bench during the next four years, presenting Obama with an opportunity to forge a liberal majority on the Court.]]>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:45:46 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/09/a-return-to-judicial-activism-n97316