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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:46 AM Original message |
Clinton as Supreme Court Justice? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. She would be excellent on the Court. I've said that for years. NOT as a Veep. nt |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's not a job you just "show up" for. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Then you've eliminated a good chunk of the court's membership. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Examples?? |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. you make the point for me |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. since we are telling jokes on this thread |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. Uh no. |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. I am going to say this one more time ... |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. Works for me |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. too pro-corporate - I heard she failed the bar until she went to Arkansas |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Not quite true.... |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. thanks for pulling my awareness up |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Happy to help out! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'd be ok with it, for several reasons. Not the least of which is that... |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Do qualifications or experience mean anything? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. For that job, it's not my #1 requirement, no. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Guess that's why you're not in the Senate... |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. She is unqualified to be a jurist. Sorry. |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. She failed the DC bar, so, um, no. n/t |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. While passing the Arkansas bar. See post #15 above. |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Actually, leftcool pointed out she retook the DC bar and passed |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Oh, I'm sorry, you're right, she should just leapfrog every jurist in the nation then. |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. I can find no references supporting a second DC try |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. Hell NO! |
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GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
19. Can't see it |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
20. I'm ok with a rumor in the liberal blogosphere but I don't want Obama |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
21. I thought we wanted honest judges |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I'd also like qualified judges, not political hacks |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. she is the antithessis of a jurist. Political animals do not make good judges. |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
24. Hillary Clinton will be running as the nominee for the Democratic party this Fall. |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
25. Absolutely. |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
26. Don't we already have enough pro-corporation, anti-worker judges on the court? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
33. She'd be checking the polls before making a decision. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
34. All those years spent as a judge ought to be worth something. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
35. I don't think she would be confirmed. I'd support it if Dems can get 60 votes in the Senate. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
36. She's never shown anything but bad judgement. |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
37. What a HORRIBLE idea! |
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invictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
38. Throughout Hillary's campaign, she has shown herself unfit for any political office ... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
39. No thank you |
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barack the house (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. It's the logical step as her seat may not be as assured after this campaign. |
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