President elect John McCain is convincingly portrayed as the one man who could, through the appointment of a lifelong seat (or seats) on the Supreme Court, put the court so far to the right that any social or environmental progress made since the 60s (Clean Air, Clean Water, Endangered Species, citizen access to federal courts, sex discrimination) will be abrogated. McCain's touted "strict construction and restraint" legal policies are in fact code for far-right judicial leanings, including the overturning of Roe v. Wade. For those seeking to understand where a McCain presidency would take jurisprudence, this is a superb diagnosis of the likely effects stated in no uncertain terms.