Lame Duck President can do a lot of harm in two months

[Democrat 4 Ever]

Is there a chance from Nov. 3rd until Jan. 20th that a couple of Supreme Court justices could decide to retire and there will be an end run by the right to hustle through some confirmations? Especially if there is a coming shift in the House or Senate after the first of the year. Know it would be tough but would they try?

[catbert836]

1. I'm sure they'd give it a try.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

3. The Supreme Court is our most vulnerable point of entry for

the neocons to do lasting harm. Senators and Representatives come and go - the Supremes get a gig for life with no repercussions.

[Birthmark]

2. No chance.

The Dems would bottle it up tight in the Senate. Besides, after he loses Bush will hit the bottle too hard to be able to write his name.

[NewJeffCT]

4. the main damage will come from...

The main damage Bush will do is to pardon everybody in his administration for crimes they may have committed - effectively derailing any investigation into the Plame affair or other scandals.

[madrchsod]

6. you can`t pardon people who

haven`t been found guilty of a crime...

[Jacobin]

10. Actually, you can

Mark Rich, being the most recent example.

[NewJeffCT]

12. Ford did that for Nixon as well, I believe...

Pardoned tricky Dick for any crimes he may have committed.

[mckara]

5. Remember what Poppy did: Somalia

and how it turned out to help bin Laden

[zbdent]

7. Damn, you beat me to it

I knew that pointing out Bush41 getting us into that should be pointed out . . .

[olddem43]

8. The evil that men do lives after them. -

The good is oft interred with their bones. -WS

[DaveinMD]

9. Dems in the senate

would filibuster such an appointment. It takes 60 votes for cloture and the Republicans don't have that many votes.

[Hamlette]

11. he can't get any judicial appointments through now

impossible.

He can't start a war...can't get troops there that fast.

He can't do nada. Nothing. He's really lame.