The Supreme Court

[El Barto]

[andyfox]

Rehnquist. And Bush will nominate Scalia for Chief Justice.

[ddollevoet]

This is really an interesting question as most thought GWB would appoint 2-3 judges in his first term. It seems unlikely that another 4 years would go buy without one or more appointments.

[GWB]

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This is really an interesting question as most thought GWB would appoint 2-3 judges in his first term. It seems unlikely that another 4 years would go buy without one or more appointments.

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Those Democrat Senators can no longer say that I am unelected, since I won an absolute majority of the vote (the first time in 16 years). With 55 GOP Senators, I hope my appointments will go a little easier.

Given the aggressiveness of his cancer, Rehnquist may not be alive in four years. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[elwoodblues]

I doubt it. I think he'll nominate someone just like Scalia for chief justice (too much baggage w/ Scalia)

[GWB]

Do you guys think I need to nominate "stealth" candidates to get them confirmed?

[tripdad]

you should re-nominate Robert Bork. as a federal judge, EVERY ruling he ever made, then subsequently appealed to and heard by the Supreme Court, was upheld. the man simply is dead on with his decisions, and is the nation's foremost expert on constitutional law.

cheers!

[elwoodblues]

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the nation's foremost expert on constitutional law

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spoken like someone who doesn't read much about constitutional law.

[texaspimp]

I'm curious Elwood, what are your specific problems with Bork?

Also, for my edification, are you an attorney?

[elwoodblues]

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what are your specific problems with Bork

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I am an attorney and I haven't said that I have any problems with Bork. I have a problem with someone claiming he is the nation's foremost expert on Constitutional law.

[texaspimp]

In your opinion, who would be the foremost expert?

[tripdad]

certainly there are many many experts on constitutional law. can you really say there is one "foremost" expert? perhaps not. after all, Judge Bork had to be taught by someone. i would say that, as a judge, he is must be at the top of the heap.

cheers!

[texaspimp]

I vote for Judge Judy.

Anything to get that shrew off of TV.

Judge Judy = pecker repellant

[lastchance]

I'd love to hear from a lawyer on this. If you were the President, who'd you nominate? And who'd you nominate strictly based on how good a judge they are?

[elwoodblues]

I don't think there is one foremost expert. Good authors with deep knowledge and interesting thoughts include (but are certainly not limited to) Lawrence Tribe and William Lockhart

[elwoodblues]

Just curious what people claiming that america isn't a democracy think of this Bork quote:

"Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy"

[sprmario]

Stevens is 84 - liberal; Ford
Renquist is 80 - conservative; Reagan
O'Connor is 74 - moderate but leans conservative; Reagan
Ginsberg is 71 - liberal; Clinton
Scalia is 68 - ultra conservative; Reagan
Kennedy is 68 - moderate but leans conservative; Reagan
Breyer is 66 - liberal; Clinton
Souter is 65 - pretty liberal; Bush
Thomas is 57 - ultra conservative; Bush

Expect Renquist and O'Connor to retire in Bushes' term. Stevens is likely to hold out until he dies because he really doesn't want to be replaced by a Republican president.

*Edit - something interesting to note is that 2 of the justices that are considered as pretty liberal (Stevens and Souter) were nominated by Republican presidents.