Good article from TNR about Supreme Court justice issues in a prospective Democratic administration.
The article basically makes the point that the current Democratic presence in the judicial system has atrophied under Bush, thus making it difficult to find credible Democrats for the high court. It is a problem, to be sure, but Obama seems to have solid organizational skills and I would imagine that he would be able to improve this situation quite a bit.
I'm not quite so sure that Hillary Clinton would be able to walk her way onto the Supremes. I wouldn't really have an issue with it, but there's still a strong portion of the GOP that considers her a radical feminist and that doesn't want the Clintons to hold any additional power at all. It would be a huge deal, in a way that Sonia Sotormanor would not be as big a deal. And the article, I think, overestimates the possibility of "John Edwards Democrats" making it tougher for a president of their party--after all, John Edwards didn't exactly get many votes, did he?
