Word: appointing
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...issues, the candidates also diverge on important points. Bush favors the partial privatization of Social Security; Gore's plan is much less radical. Gore favors targeted tax cuts, while Bush touts a large across-the-board tax cut. And of course, the next President will have the opportunity to appoint several new Supreme Court justices...
Should Gore prevail, he would certainly seize the opportunity to appoint another liberal justice along the lines of his favorite model, the late Thurgood Marshall...
Bush's words seem to indicate he would appoint another conservative to the bench, which opponents fear could lead to a reversal of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion case. Other cases which the court might consider would address divisive issues from affirmative action programs to gay rights to school prayer...
...PLAN: Appoint Justices (there will probably be two or more openings in the next four years) like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas who look to the intent of the Founding Fathers when interpreting the Constitution...
...PLAN: Appoint Justices like Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg who interpret the Constitution broadly, relying as much on the principles underlying granted rights as on the intent of the words themselves...