Federal court judges with their lifetime appointments, can be a president’s more enduring legacy. Some experts are predicting that within one term, President Obama could get Democratic majorities on nine of the 13 appeals courts. While one can expect new judges to side with workers, consumers, women and people of color, can one expect them to understand – and come down on the side of -- LGBT equality? On the Supreme Court, four justices are older than 70, and more retirements are expected, and seven justices were appointed by Republicans; how will Sonia Sotomayor balance out the power where justices often divide 5-4 on ideologically charged issues?