So, say Scalia retires...

[dorktv]

Or drops dead from whatever since he is after all, seventy four.

Who replaces him?

[DavidDvorkin]

1. In the interests of bipartisanship

Obama will nominate George W. Bush.

[dorktv]

2. Before this past week, I would not have believed it but now...

[demosincebirth]

62. No such luck. Only the good die before their time.

[Renew Deal]

66. But now what?

It's just as idiotic this week as it was last week.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. That would be hysterical if it were not so sad....

[sharesunited]

60. ABA ratings must still count for something. W didn't even attend law school.

[jmowreader]

65. He can't, but there are eligible people just as evil as he is

Bush isn't a lawyer. I predict it will be Monica Goodling.

[DavidDvorkin]

70. The nominee doesn't have to be a lawyer

Not to be nominated or to serve, at any rate.

Confirmation would be a problem, admittedly. Or maybe not, given that Republicans would vote for him and Democrats would be too spineless to oppose him.

[Historic NY]

3. Tony Soprano.

[dorktv]

5. Now come on...this would be the biggest fight since Bork.

Seriously, who?

[liberaltrucker]

Hillary, perhaps?

Just guessing.

[dorktv]

11. Bill Clinton would be more interesting.

After the fighting was done though, Laurence Tribe. :D

[liberaltrucker]

15. Bill would definitely cause RW head explosions

That's why I like the idea.

:evilgrin:

[dorktv]

22. I honestly think that since Scalia was the replacement for Bork,

that having someone that drives the Republicans nuts would be best as the first candidate then have someone who does not seem so bad in comparison right after so that way the Republicans would not be so opposed.

Oh wait...they oppose everything. NEVER MIND.

[paulsby]

43. i doubt obama would nominate a suspended attorney

he was suspended for 5 yrs in arkansas and also resigned his membership on the SCOTUS bar, to avoid disbarment (most likely. nixon fwiw, did the same).

there is no way on earth i think obama would nominate a person with that track record. it just would look bad, on its face.

[dorktv]

46. There are no requirements to be a JOSCOTUS though.

[paulsby]

49. i know

and that's not my point.

fwiw, there are SOME requirements. you can't nominate a 12 yr old fwiw.

i am not saying clinton's suspension etc. mean he CAN'T be nominated.

i said very clearly, it would be a bad idea. i did not say it would be against the rules.

[WolverineDG]

17. I want her on the Supreme Court BEFORE Scalia dies

just so I can enjoy watching his head explode. :evilgrin:

dg

[liberaltrucker]

30. Damn, you're evil!

One of you're best qualities.

:fistbump:

[peace frog]

4. Be still my beating heart

NAH, Scalia will never retire from the SC and his demise is far from imminent.

Haven't a clue who would be nominated to replace him.

[dorktv]

7. Hey, he could have a heart attack and go "aaah!" thud on the bench one day.

Which would be a reason to immediately allow for cameras in the Supreme Court's main courtroom.

[3waygeek]

55. Or he could go on another

hunting trip with Cheney.

[BrklynLiberal]

10. Be still HIS beating heart.

:evilgrin:

[dorktv]

13. *snicker*

[peace frog]

14. If there is a just and merciful gawd..

NAH. :evilgrin:

[liberaltrucker]

37. DUzy!

:rofl:

[malaise]

45. Wicked funny

:evilgrin:

[pipi_k]

53. "NAH, Scalia will never retire from the SC and his demise is far from imminent."

That's true, but he could still be eaten by wild dogs, or a big hunk of frozen piss could fall out of a passing airplane and hit him in the head

It never hurts to have a plan just in case...

:7

[BrklynLiberal]

59. LOL. I had a neighbor that I detested..who has since moved..thank goodness..

But I was always thinking that maybe maybe maybe..someday a thick chunk of crap would fall out of the sky and land right on top of him. LOLOLOL
It would have been so beautifully appropriate...as in the case of Scalia.

[liberaltrucker]

6. We can only hope

Natural causes, of course.

;-)

[dorktv]

8. Are lightening bolts from God natural?

[liberaltrucker]

12. The definition of natural

O8)

[BrklynLiberal]

16. Anita Hill, Tammy Duckworth. It is a damn shame that Barbara Jordan is no

longer with us. She would have been perfect.

[ChicagoSuz219]

51. I love Tammy Duckworth...

I miss Barbara Jordan... I doubt Anita Hill would want to work with Clarence Thomas ever again... YUK!

What about Congresswoman Debbie from Florida? She's awesome!! Or, what's Wexler doing these days?

Although... he probably needs to appoint someone whose views (abortion, gay rights, etc.) haven't been made public yet.

[BrklynLiberal]

52. There are many great possibilities...I hope we have a chance to tap one ofthe soon...

and not by replacing one of the more liberal justices..if you catch my meaning... :evilgrin:

[ChicagoSuz219]

75. Absotively! n/t

[BR_Parkway]

18. If we're voting, I prefer he have a stroke mid sentence on the bench and lives to be 100

as he watches his ideological inspired decisions tossed in the trashbin of history by his replacement. C Thomas resigns in frustration, Alito's wife sits there daily crying as her husband keeps trying to trash the Constitution and Roberts resigns in the midst of a gay hooker scandal

[dorktv]

25. hahaha...funny.

[BrklynLiberal]

39. That was the way the universe punished Joseph P Kennedy Sr.

[fascisthunter]

57. did not know that

[BrklynLiberal]

58. from Wikipedia.

On December 19, 1961, at the age of 73, Kennedy suffered a major stroke. He survived, but lost all power of speech, and was left paralyzed on his right side. Kennedy did regain certain functions with the help of therapies. Most notably, he went to The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in 1964, a Philadelphia center that teaches therapies for people with brain injuries. Kennedy made gains with therapy, and began walking with the help of a cane. His speech also showed some improvement.<30> However, being 75 years old and greatly weakened, Kennedy was soon confined to a wheelchair. Despite being severely disabled from the stroke, Kennedy remained aware of the tragedies that befell his family until his own death, on November 18, 1969, two months after his eighty-first birthday.



He did not live to be 100..but he lived long enough to see some pretty horrible things happen to his family.

[bunkerbuster1]

19. Markos.

Maybe someone younger.

[reformist]

20. Me.

Trust me. I'd do a good job. :)

[Blue-Jay]

21. John Gotti.

[verges]

74. I think the replacement has to be alive. nt

[Capers]

23. Martin Short.

[liberaltrucker]

24. OK, I got it. FLOTUS

Think about it. Michelle is an Ivy League legal scholar.
Plus impeccable political connections.

:)

[dorktv]

27. Illegal to appoint family members. But I wonder if they divorced just to

get around that if it would pass muster?

[liberaltrucker]

32. They're both quite astute lawyers

Just sayin'

[jmowreader]

69. If you're going on THAT track...

is it legal for him to appoint himself? Just think: Obama joins the Supreme Court, Biden becomes president, and we install Brian Schweitzer as VP.

[WeDidIt]

26. Out of pure meanness and spite

I expect Scalia to enter into a state of undeath after he expires from natural causes and he will continue issuing opinions until somebody finally can pry his dead, rotting corpse out of his seat on the court.

[dorktv]

28. Huh? Scalia or Alito?

[WeDidIt]

31. I meant Scalia

I typed Alito.

I fixed the typo.

[peace frog]

29. They'll have to pick him out of the chair

piece by festering piece. No way that SOB goes gently into that good night.

[abq e streeter]

33. Unfortunately , it'll be some nice bland center-right corporatist

[dorktv]

36. Yeah, probably.

I have the sense that Obama may be aware of history as in his place in it but no concept of how to use history to get his stuff done.

[cali]

38. we actually have a precedent, you know: Sotomayor- and she is not

a "bland center-right corporatist" as many on du claimed her to be- without, of course, knowing anything about her.

There's lots to criticize about Obama. His judicial appointments, however, is one area in which he should be praised. And not just Sotomayor.

[abq e streeter]

72. Didn't mean to infer anything one way or another re: Sotomayor

although I can see how it would look like that's what I was doing....more like a dig at what I and many others perceive to be Obama's excessive "bi-partisanship" obsession...

[baldguy]

34. Evil that big just doesn't "drop dead". After all,look how long Renquist hung on for.

[dorktv]

35. True...Maybe he can get shot accidently by Cheney on one of their hunting trips.

[BrklynLiberal]

40. Speaking of evil that is living a long time......

[DFW]

47. As he posed for that lovely photo portrait..........

[BrklynLiberal]

50. LOL. Perfect.

[theothersnippywshrub]

63. Sweet. I like it. n/t

[DefenseLawyer]

44. Rehnquist was a zombie for the last couple years.

Hopped up on goofballs.

[laylah]

41. At this point in time...

all I would care about is if he were to drop dead. I have Italian roots, I guess I am "afflicted" because I have honor, integrity, justice, and well being in my heart. He is a freak and may he rot!

[Cleita]

42. So would a big scandal, like having a staffer's love child be big

enough to get him to retire? Or do those kind of scandals only apply to Democrats when ruining a public figure's career? I think if we rattled enough skeletons in the closets of those Justices, there would be plenty to compel them to hang up their robes.

[dorktv]

48. Nah, most judges lead boring lives.

And I think the Acronym IOIYAR applies even for the SCOTUS.

[tabbycat31]

54. Alan Grayson

[theothersnippywshrub]

64. Outstanding suggestion. n/t

[fascisthunter]

56. "...drop dead..." Now that's a Wonderful Thought

if only it would happen now!

[bemildred]

61. Well, that's a pleasant thought.

I don't want to wish anyone ill, but I have to admit that could cheer me up for a week.

[jmowreader]

67. I have the perfect guy: Keith Stroup

He's got a really good resume even though he's never been a judge:

Georgetown Law School
Served Senator Everett Dirksen (who co-wrote the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Open Housing Act of 1968)
Counsel at the Consumer Products Safety Commission
Lobbyist for family farmers
Lobbyist for the Boston arts community
Executive director of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Founder, executive director and general counsel for the National Association for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

Imagine the fun we could have with a Supreme Court nominee whose stated nightly routine includes a glass of wine and a joint. Shit, we could put the confirmation hearings on DVD, sell 'em for $29.95 and pay off the Afghanistan War.

[kestrel91316]

68. Fat Tony will NEVER retire. He WILL drop dead some day of consequences

of his chronic overindulgence.

[Kablooie]

71. Jeb Bush.

[budkin]

73. GOP will DEMAND that a conservative replaces him... and Dems will most likely capitulate

because Bipartisanship and the will of the center right nation people