While party affiliation has not shown itself to be a reliable guide to the ideological fidelity of a judge once he's secured a seat on the high court's bench, there are some clues as to what Hillary Clinton might look to accomplish with her appointments should she be sworn in next January.

First, given her constant claim that she will make sure to ensure the safety of American children by the enactment of "common sense gun restrictions," it is more likely than not that a President Hillary Clinton would seek to seat a pro-confiscation jurist on the Supreme Court.

Although in 2008 the Supreme Court ruled in favor of protecting individual gun rights from ...