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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:51 PM Original message |
Any suggestions as to who Obama should name to SCOTUS when a vacancy arises? Here's one... |
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meowomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ditto on Turley |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. IMO, excellent choice! n/t |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. A little long in the tooth, but: John Dean |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Absolutely Not! |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I know - but he is one of my favorite legal minds |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I agree. They should be about the same age as Roberts when he became a justice. |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. No |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. Himself? |
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emlev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Anita Hill. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Wouldn't Clarence Thomas shit himself? |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. Since he's never been a Judge, he's probably not a likely SCOTUS appointee |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. not true. plenty of distinguised Justices were not judges prior to their appointments |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. William O. Douglas, |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Of course being a Judge in the past is not a requirement.... |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Whoever it is ... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. the first replacement will likely be a woman and probably a latina |
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old guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. Absolutely!!! |
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whirlygigspin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Wanda Sykes |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. Love Turley. He'd be excellent. He is an expert in Constitutional Law. |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. Constance "Connie" Rice |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Now that's a woman with a resume! |
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foxer (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. Chelsea Clinton |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm Hoping for Caroline Kennedy |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sonia Sotomayor (judge on the 2nd Circuit), |
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