Dan Eaton Talks about Presidents Choosing Supreme Court Justices

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Published October 28, 2008 at 8:41 AM PDT

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These Days legal analyst Dan Eaton talks about the kind of Supreme Court justices candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are likely to choose, if they are elected President.

Tom Fudge: The candidates for President have been spending a lot of time talking about the ailing economy. And no wonder. But one issue that also, always comes up in the Presidential election is the power of the President to appoint federal judges. In fact, in the next few years we can expect the President to replace a number of Supreme Court justices. This will give either Barack Obama or John McCain a lot of power to determine what American jurisprudence will be.

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Dan Eaton, San Diego attorney and These Days legal analyst.