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| 27. Let's don't count our unhatced chickens just yet |
| -Obama's inevitable Stevens and Ginsburg SCOTUS replacements--let's throw some names out there. |
Unsane |
Oct-25-08 01:08 AM |
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I just want them to be young enough to stay there several decades. |
tblue |
Oct-25-08 01:10 AM |
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Justice Bill Clinton |
Joe Bacon |
Oct-25-08 03:46 PM |
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No to Sunstein! |
MetricSystem |
Oct-25-08 01:13 AM |
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Alan C. Page |
bleowheels |
Oct-25-08 01:14 AM |
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too old |
Unsane |
Oct-25-08 01:16 AM |
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But..... |
bleowheels |
Oct-25-08 01:21 AM |
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There are other, younger black jurists out there ya know. |
Unsane |
Oct-25-08 01:24 AM |
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but I didn't pick him simply on his ethnicity. He is a very popular justice and.. |
bleowheels |
Oct-25-08 01:37 AM |
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He's a judge? Wasn't he a "purple people eater"? nt |
PaulHo |
Oct-25-08 01:33 AM |
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yes he was |
bleowheels |
Oct-25-08 01:39 AM |
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Ah, so he IS the Alan Page who used to play for the Vikings; |
Phredicles |
Oct-25-08 04:05 PM |
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Kenji Yoshino. |
PaulHo |
Oct-25-08 01:20 AM |
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He'd be a little too much too soon, but I like your thinking. |
Unsane |
Oct-25-08 01:26 AM |
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Judge,smudge. He's ready now. The reality is Obama could get him thru... |
PaulHo |
Oct-25-08 07:58 AM |
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I think Yoshino would need a circuit placement first. |
Unsane |
Oct-25-08 02:20 PM |
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Was Earl Warren a judge? William O. Douglas? |
PaulHo |
Oct-25-08 03:35 PM |
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Different time, different era. We live in a post-Robert Bork world. |
Unsane |
Oct-25-08 04:13 PM |
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I think we may be living in a "post-post-Bork" world. |
PaulHo |
Oct-26-08 07:49 AM |
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There is no way Yoshino would ever be nominated |
ROh70 |
Oct-26-08 01:29 AM |
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agreed, and Koh's been floated for a while |
Unsane |
Oct-26-08 01:33 AM |
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He's ok, but not very , umm... *transformational*. (Koh, that is.) |
PaulHo |
Oct-26-08 07:44 AM |
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The Republicans wouldn't dare filibuster judicial appointments, would they? |
dansolo |
Oct-25-08 03:41 PM |
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Just read his bio. Wow. Wow! |
FKA MNChimpH8R |
Oct-25-08 02:06 AM |
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Brilliant speaker and compelling personality. |
PaulHo |
Oct-25-08 08:02 AM |
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Scalia's head would fucking explode |
verges |
Oct-25-08 10:57 AM |
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I do like the idea of appointing someone from the DC or 4th circuits |
NeilSTL |
Oct-25-08 01:42 AM |
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Scalia will be 80 in 2016 |
Unsane |
Oct-25-08 02:17 AM |
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Don't forget the crackpot 7th |
DefenseLawyer |
Oct-25-08 08:02 AM |
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Judge Sotomayor is a lock |
FKA MNChimpH8R |
Oct-25-08 02:01 AM |
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No too Cass. Too conservative. How about William Ayres? |
Hamlette |
Oct-25-08 02:24 AM |
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I respecfully disagree, Hamlette |
FKA MNChimpH8R |
Oct-25-08 02:36 AM |
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please don't tell anyone but |
Hamlette |
Oct-25-08 10:37 AM |
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Thank you! |
FKA MNChimpH8R |
Oct-26-08 12:11 AM |
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Hillary Clinton! Her Senate seat is a safe one. |
JCMach1 |
Oct-25-08 02:25 AM |
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Only 17 posts for this to be brought up! |
Unsane |
Oct-25-08 02:28 AM |
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Agreed |
tammywammy |
Oct-25-08 02:42 AM |
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Hillary Clinton. John Perry Barlow. |
impeachdubya |
Oct-25-08 02:41 AM |
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Caroline Kennedy |
Waiting For Everyman |
Oct-25-08 02:45 AM |
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Cass Sunstein is the one big problem I have with Obama. |
mmonk |
Oct-25-08 08:04 AM |
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Let's don't count our unhatced chickens just yet |
Stop Cornyn |
Oct-25-08 08:05 AM |
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John Edwards...dude needs a job and he's young ;-) |
Demi_Babe |
Oct-25-08 08:06 AM |
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I thought he was back in private law practice. |
djg21 |
Oct-25-08 10:50 AM |
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I would like to see terms limited. |
djg21 |
Oct-25-08 10:48 AM |
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Obama's first nominee will be a woman. BET That |
BrentTaylor |
Oct-25-08 10:51 AM |
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I agree... |
BreatheOnMe |
Oct-25-08 03:48 PM |
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interesting |
Unsane |
Oct-25-08 09:26 PM |
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Dean Kagan and Governor Granholm would be good choices |
FKA MNChimpH8R |
Oct-25-08 11:52 PM |
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agreed |
Unsane |
Oct-26-08 01:16 AM |
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I'm a big fan of Granholm's |
BreatheOnMe |
Oct-26-08 10:07 AM |
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Jonathan Turley |
Mz Pip |
Oct-25-08 10:52 AM |
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I was just about to say it. You beat me to it! |
phleshdef |
Oct-25-08 10:54 AM |
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He also supported the impeachment of WJC. No thanks. |
Unsane |
Oct-25-08 02:17 PM |
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I second that. |
garybeck |
Oct-26-08 01:23 AM |
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Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law Professor & Constitutional Law Scholar |
Phx_Dem |
Oct-25-08 10:57 AM |
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Too old, but maybe you'd see him as AG or WH counsel. |
Unsane |
Oct-25-08 02:17 PM |
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Tribe is 67. |
DefenseLawyer |
Oct-25-08 03:44 PM |
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And conservatives would gladly confirm a liberal justice nearing 70. |
Unsane |
Oct-25-08 04:15 PM |
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And they gladly confirmed Souter at 51, didn't they? |
DefenseLawyer |
Oct-25-08 05:09 PM |
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My suggestions aren't lesser known quantities; they have a clear judicial record. |
Unsane |
Oct-25-08 05:16 PM |
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Agreed on all counts |
FKA MNChimpH8R |
Oct-26-08 12:03 AM |
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Rives Kistler or Virginia Linder |
Liberalboy |
Oct-25-08 03:16 PM |
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I don't know much about judges but I think it will be a woman |
BreatheOnMe |
Oct-25-08 03:22 PM |
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Gabrielle K. McDonald |
Bucky |
Oct-25-08 03:57 PM |
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No one over 55 |
ruggerson |
Oct-25-08 05:13 PM |
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agree |
Unsane |
Oct-25-08 11:24 PM |
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Anyone who's a proven liberal and young (like in their 40's) is fine with me |
ShadowLiberal |
Oct-25-08 11:43 PM |
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Harold Koh - Yale Law Dean nt |
HamdenRice |
Oct-26-08 10:26 AM |
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