The Baltimore Sun:
. . . And the most drastic changes are likely to come in the nation’s most conservative appeals court – the 4th Circuit, which oversees cases from Maryland and four other Mid-Atlantic states. Republican nominees hold a narrow 6-5 edge on the Richmond-based court, but there are already four vacancies and several others could open up during Obama’s term . . .
“Those [4th Circuit] seats need to be filled; the courts are overrun,” said Mike Johnson, senior legal counsel for the conservative Alliance Defense Fund. “But I would say we have some concern about who he has in mind.”
The ADF believes that the Constitution is not open to interpretation, as does the American Center for Law and Justice, founded by the Rev. Pat Robertson. That organization has lauded 4th Circuit decisions, including one upholding a Virginia law that required schools to establish a minute of silence in their classrooms so students can “meditate, pray, or engage in any other silent activity.” . . .
The article isn’t worded very well. Of course, the constitution is open to interpretation and must be interpreted. The debate is about how it should be interpreted.
