Kerry Supreme Court possibilities.

[The Chronicler]

My personal wish list:

#1 Eliot Spitzer - Attorney General of NY; not even 50 years old and has a history of white collar crime litigation. We could finally see Santa Clara overturned and the voice of politics given back to the people.

#2 Alan Page - Minnesota Supreme Court justice. Former NFL football player. Worked his way through law school, served with the NFLPA during the 1980's. Relatively young and would be the 3rd african american supreme court justice.

#3 David Boies - Chief counsel for Gore in Bush v. Gore. Considered a brilliant legal mind in many circles. Was instrumental in anti-trust cases involving Microsoft. He is 63 years old however.

[Stuckinthebush]

1. William Jefferson Clinton

Just to piss off the right.

[The Chronicler]

2. Not realistic.

[aden_nak]

3. Clinton would never get past the Republican Congress.

:(

[Stuckinthebush]

10. Doesn't matter....

It would piss off the right. They would rail and rant against Bill and he might not get confirmed. Then, Kerry would put a good liberal nomination up there and they would have to confirm her/him because they shot all of their bullets at Bill.

It could happen.

[fob]

24. Great point! Kerry should nominate Clinton every other time and those

ones will have to sail right through.

[Claire Beth]

13. LOL - - it would sure make the....

gopers mad!!! LOLOLOL

[Danocrat]

4. Clinton lost his license to practice law

Wouldn't that disqualify him?

[ET Awful]

5. No, he did not lose his license.

He was suspended from the Supreme Court only, he thereafter resigned from the bar to practice in the Supreme Court. His license to practice law is intact, and the Court can restore his ability to practice in the Supreme Court at any time.

You should research a little more carefully before you post false information.

[MemphisTiger]

8. Do judges need a license?

I thought they only need that if they represent a client.

[Carni]

20. Just in Arkansas I think

Not sure about this...I may be wrong

[noonwitch]

6. Dennis Archer, former Detroit Mayor and former MI Supreme Ct Justice

Or, Kerry could choose him as AG.

Hillary could be a good choice, too, but I don't know if she could get by the Senate.

[Richardson08]

7. George Mitchell

[The Chronicler]

11. Way too old (nm)

[demokatgurrl]

14. George Mitchell is NOT too old- I just heard him

speak. He is more lucid than most of the current S.C. Justices. He's in his sixties but his wife is in his 40s so he must have SOME life. (No, 40s is NOT old, said the 40-something year old lady).

[The Chronicler]

15. I think he's in his 70's; furthermore...

the reason the conservatives have come to DOMINATE the federal courts is because they have pushed YOUNG judges through. Rehnquist, Thomas et al. Those guys have/will serve for DECADES. Would Mitchell? Hell no.

[Richardson08]

25. Clinton considered Mitchell in the early 90's but Mitch was working with

Hillary Clinton on health care reform

[Confident]

9. Hillary

NY Senate seats are safe

[Zynx]

18. And Bill can go get her seat then.

Hillary on the Court for life would probably cause Freepers to commit suicide.

[ncbiker]

12. I like

Tony Romero, Ex Director of the ACLU. He's one of the people leading the charge to prevent the FBI to "interview" Muslims in this country. Brilliant legal mind

[PlanetBev]

16. Lawrence Tribe

What more could you ask for?...watch Scalia retire from the court immediately.

[Confident]

17. also too old

SC seats are too important - need to do what Repugs do, and nominate those mid/late 40's, 50's latest

[The Chronicler]

19. Yep.

Spitzer is my fantasy. He's like 46. He might be hard to push through though. Kerry could use a tactic similar to Reagan with Scalia. Put up a nutter like Bork first, knowing he will get rejected, then sneak in Scalia.

[Goldmund]

21. HITLERY!!!

Just to piss off the wingnuts.

[depakid]

22. Lawrence Tribe

The guy's only written a well known casebook and treatise on Constitutional law.

[ydya]

23. Mario Cuomo. Ask him again. I'd love to see him kick Scalia's ass all over

the bench

[The Chronicler]

26. Too old. Maybe Cuomo's son.

[dolstein]

27. Page would be a good choice -- forget about Clinton and Boies

Boies might be solicitor general. But he won't end up on the Supreme Court.

[julialnyc]

28. they must be young!

once seats are filled by decent judges, we want to make sure they'll be there for a while!