The supreme election

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/11/28/why-the-supreme-court-should-be-the-biggest-issue-of-the-2016-campaign/
This article "Why the Supreme Court shouls be the biggest issue of the 2016 election" is about the relatively new idea of the Supreme Court having a huge impact on the next presidential election. The article states that the idea that a supreme court justice may retire in the near future may be a huge determining factor in how many people come out to vote and who they vote for. Becasue the court is split 5-4 to the republicans, a death or retirement could significantly swing the majority in the courts either way. So this means that if a judge were to retire after 2016 then the president will have the power to appoint who they like to that position, essentially appointing somebody with the same political views as them which could have tons of ripple affects.

I had never thought of this before. It was super interesting to me becasue of how important the courts, especially the supreme courts, are to the people and the issues. Just recently they have had many important rulings that affect all of us each day like their ruling on the Hobby Lobby case and their impact on changing the rules on legal marriages in the U.S. I think that this is something that could be just as important as keeping majority in congress becasue of the rights that the Supreme Court has on significantly affecting lives in the U.S.