Comment Re:Back off on Australia Bashing... (Score 1) 257
Possible, but doubtful,
Even with a repubilcan president and a republican congress they'd still have to get it past the Supreme Court (and we all know the ACLU will take every single law like this to court).
Theoretically if there were a long string of Republican Presidents and Congresses (at least 25 years worth) they could change the Supreme Court by appointing conservative justices when current members retire. Even this has it's pitfalls as there are many justices who completely change their stances after about 5 years in the Supreme Court. Justices are also in for life after they've been appointed so there's no way to get rid of them other than killing them or letting them die off from old age. Rosevelt (FDR) tried to increase the size of the court from 9 to 13 so he could stack the court with justices more open to his ideas, and the whole idea promptly got smacked down.
Even with a repubilcan president and a republican congress they'd still have to get it past the Supreme Court (and we all know the ACLU will take every single law like this to court).
Theoretically if there were a long string of Republican Presidents and Congresses (at least 25 years worth) they could change the Supreme Court by appointing conservative justices when current members retire. Even this has it's pitfalls as there are many justices who completely change their stances after about 5 years in the Supreme Court. Justices are also in for life after they've been appointed so there's no way to get rid of them other than killing them or letting them die off from old age. Rosevelt (FDR) tried to increase the size of the court from 9 to 13 so he could stack the court with justices more open to his ideas, and the whole idea promptly got smacked down.
