Wouldnt it be sweet if Obama had to pick Justice Scalia's replacement?

[thewiseguy]

I would say justice served. :)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2200495/Justice-Antonin-Scalia-Al-Gore-to-blame-for-2000-US-election-mess.html

[Coexist]

1. yup

[rateyes]

2. I hope it's during the first year of his first term, and that

it's not because of Scalia's resignation.

[rpannier]

3. Clarence Thomas' replacement would make me happier...

And so would Alito

and Roberts

and Stevens

and Kennedy

That makes 5. It would be a Court he picked and he'd have to share the blame or credit for the decisions he made.

But, I'd be much happier with him picking 5 than the 2 DUH-bya has picked

[DevonRex]

7. How about we impeach one or two? nt

[rpannier]

12. Patience my friend

Let's hope God raptures them first.

If that hasn't happened by Feb 1 then let's move Scalia and Thomas off the bench.

We should be honest with ourselves: Roberts and Alito have done little-to-nothing that we could sell to the general public that's impeachable -- I would argue it's not worth even trying.

Scalia and Thomas are different. Scalia has an attic full of skeletons in his attic that point to questionable behavior while on the Supreme Court.
Thomas has less visible skeletons, but that's because he doesn't utter more than a few sentences and those are usually the same ones that Scalia has just finished saying.

[MadMaddie]

17. At this point we don't know if Thomas can speak..we do know

that he can sleep on the bench...just sayin...

[Thothmes]

20. On what Constitutionally acceptable charge?

[jwirr]

4. Here's hoping. One for Thomas wouldn't be bad either.

[DevonRex]

5. Oh dear Lord yes. How old is that freak anyway? Not old enough

I guess. And knowing him, he'll stick it out for another 8 years just to spite us.

[thewiseguy]

8. I think he is 72. Would be surprised if he was still around after 2 terms of president Obama

[rpannier]

13. They need to set a mandatory federal retirment age of 70 for all non-elected

federal officials.

This would include judges, lawyers, bureaucratic officials, cabinet officials, etc.

The only people unaffected would be the President, the Vice-President and Congress

[thewiseguy]

15. That would not be too good for us

Stevens is 88 and Ginsburg is 75.

[rpannier]

18. Yes but

it would also remove Scalia and I think Thomas would also be out during an Obama administration

I'm looking at this being something they enact next year or in 2010.
I'm not stupid enough to want it right now.

A law like this would keep people like Cheney, Rumsfeld and the neo-cons from Reagan's administration from being resurrected as some cabinet-level official.

[gateley]

6. Jonathan Turley, when the opportunity arises. nt

[whistle]

9. Who washes Nino Scalia's underwear? The skid marks would tell all

:yoiks:

[blondeatlast]

10. From your typing fingers to God's ears, please, oh, PLEASE! LOL! nt

[Parche]

11. Sooner The Better

Anton The Con

:grr: :grr: :hi:

[AllentownJake]

14. I'd rather it be Thomas and Kennedy

and for Scalia to be forced to sit there on a liberal court writing nutty dissenting opinions for 20 years :rofl:

[Peregrine Took]

16. Just replacing Stevens and others will destroy him. Can't wait to see Fatso

forced into the hated minority.

[LisaM]

19. It would be sweet if his replacement was chosen by a task force

headed by Al Gore.