Judicial apocalypse is nigh

Great article on the Supreme Court and what may come to pass by Jeffrey Rosen at The New Republic. To entice ye, here are some quotes:

"An Obama victory would maintain the current balance of the Court, while a McCain Court could create a solid conservative majority."

"McCain judges might also undermine a Democratic Congress in other ways--dismantling environmental and civil justice laws by judicial fiat."

"If the McCain Court declared that the Constitution is always color-blind, the nuanced use of race would go out the window, and the results would be extraordinarily activist: Justice Stephen Breyer has counted more than 50 federal laws and 100 state laws that contain racial classifications, all of which might be in jeopardy."

"Broadly, a McCain Court would be poised to reject the nuanced position of religious neutrality--which holds that government must treat religious and secular institutions on equal terms--and embrace a position of religious supremacy, which allows government to support religion, as long as it doesn't favor one faith over another."

"This year, liberals are in a perilous situation, where a conservative president could create a conservative Supreme Court majority for decades to come. In other words, those who have long been too concerned about the future of the Supreme Court finally have reason to worry."