Tenacious Tiger #6

I could honestly care less about the resignation, appointments, deaths, assassinations, or "good hair days" of Supreme Court Justices. The law is nothing but politics. It is not an objective lens to cast fairness and truth among the masses. If justice is blind, we should have no questions about how Judge X's resignation would/could/should harm the rights of women, or bolster the agendas of environmental activists. Justice is not blind. In order to gain a seat, you must be friends of the Reds or the Blues. True legal fairness does not--nor will it likely ever--exist.

If the new Justice sways the court in a conservative favor, then not much will happen. Decisions may be handed down that reverse Roe, for instance. But along those lines, it will galvanize support and spur action against said decision. In five years time, Roe would likely be reinstated. Wash, rinse, repeat. The law is a pendulum. Pulling back the weight further and further merely guarantees a larger upswing on the other side.

It's just all a matter of when your life coincides with the upswing of your choice.