Supreme Court previews

Not counting chickens before the election egg is hatched, but the latest Supreme court decisions provide a preview of what the court could be capable of when President Clinton appoints at least one and possibly as many as three justices due to death or retirement.  By slicing and dicing the Texas abortion law, the court signaled that without the late unlamented Antonin Scalia to bully his conservative faction into agreement with his warped world view, Justice Kennedy slipped the leash and injected some sanity into the abortion debate.  With a new infusion of younger blood over the next four years, the court could start to remake itself in the image of a diverse and evolving nation, instead of the cranky old white men it has traditionally resembled.