Our fine Governor is a wonderful man who is trying to do the right thing, but his speech yesterday demonstrated a lack of knowledge of our US Supreme Court.

Alabama Gov. Bob Riley told a Republican breakfast that President Bush’s re-election will change the U.S. Supreme Court, described by the governor as “very liberal.”

Riley joined GOP activists Saturday in Florence for a breakfast held by a group called the Shoals Concerned Conservatives. About 350 people attended, the TimesDaily reported Sunday.

Riley said because the next president could appoint up to three Supreme Court justices, the coming years could be a turning point for the Republican Party if Bush is re-elected.

“This is the greatest opportunity we will have to return to the value set that makes us unique in the world,” Riley said.

I’d love to see Governor Riley call Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and William Rehnquist “liberal”.