Things to consider:
The next President is likely to have the first opportunity for a single President to shape the Supreme Court since Nixon transformed the liberal Warren Court into the conservative Burger Court by appointing four justices. Scalia's seat remains unfilled, and several other justices are in their 80s and could die or retire at any time. Most estimates say at least 3 seats (including Scalia's) will be up for grabs in the next Presidential term.
In my eyes right now, Congress is the enemy, especially the House. Personally, I want a President and a Supreme Court that will work together to contain Congress until they get their shit together and get all the idiots and religious ideologues out of both the Senate and the House, and until they can get some Congressional reform together that eliminates gerrymandering. The President's role in this is to veto bad laws sent to his or her desk by Congress and to appoint Supreme Court Justices that will overturn unconstitutional legislation.







