The upcoming confirmation battle during an election year all but guarantees that his ambitious socialist legislative agenda will grind to a halt.

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While Supreme Court Justice John Stevens’ decision to retire this summer will give President Obama a second chance in as many years to shape the high court, the upcoming confirmation battle during an election year all but guarantees that his ambitious legislative agenda will grind to a halt.

Obama and his Democratic allies are hoping for a swift confirmation process while pushing through the rest of the president’s legislative agenda, including an overhaul of Wall Street, immigration reform, climate change legislation, and a comprehensive jobs bill.

But some observers say getting any of that accomplished this year is unlikely because Supreme Court battles slow things down.

“All of the air is sucked out of the town and it’s focused on one issue and one issue only,” said Roger Pilon, founder and director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies.

“Mainly the hearings that take place before the Senate Judiciary Committee and of course the run up to that is of course the examination in exquisite detail of the nominee,” he said. “And so I don’t think the Obama administration is going to get a lot done this summer.”

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