maplesyrup Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 Two top court seats at stake The debate between Conservative Stephen Harper and Liberal Paul Martin over the Charter of Rights is more than campaign rhetoric. Whoever becomes prime minister will immediately get to fill two vacancies on the Supreme Court of Canada -- and perhaps tip the judicial balance on hot-button issues such as same-sex marriage for a generation. The only wonder, say academic experts, is the general public has yet to catch on to the high-stakes game. "This is such an incredible situation," says Lorraine Weinrib, a law professor at the University of Toronto. "Almost nothing could be more important. There is no question (Harper and Martin) would appoint different kinds of people." Which party is going to jump on this one? Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
Argus Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 Two top court seats at stake The debate between Conservative Stephen Harper and Liberal Paul Martin over the Charter of Rights is more than campaign rhetoric. Whoever becomes prime minister will immediately get to fill two vacancies on the Supreme Court of Canada -- and perhaps tip the judicial balance on hot-button issues such as same-sex marriage for a generation. The only wonder, say academic experts, is the general public has yet to catch on to the high-stakes game. "This is such an incredible situation," says Lorraine Weinrib, a law professor at the University of Toronto. "Almost nothing could be more important. There is no question (Harper and Martin) would appoint different kinds of people." Which party is going to jump on this one? Two appointments? Affect the court for a generation? Chretien appointed SIX judges to the court over just ten years. I don't think appointing two is going be a huge change. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
August1991 Posted June 9, 2004 Report Posted June 9, 2004 Iacobucci was a Mulroney appointment. Arbour a Chretien. If Harper makes PM, he has said he would ask the provinces for a list, presumably Quebec for Arbour, the four western provinces for Iacobucci, and then have a parliamentary committee approve his choice. Can Martin say the same with any credibility? Quote
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