Posted on 08/01/2016 4:50:12 PM PDT by Jim Noble
BY NOW it is clear that Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Antonin Scalia’s death, is not going anywhere. But if Hillary Clinton wins the White House, Senate Republicans may make a desperate about-face during the lame-duck session to lock in the moderate Garland before the arrival of Clinton and a possibly more left-leaning candidate. By then, however, it will be too late.
Sorry, Judge Garland, but what Clinton should do if she wins is make clear that her choice will be none other than Barack Obama, a former professor of constitutional law, and the perfect choice to assume his place on the nation’s highest court. Naturally there will be a lot of gnashing of Republican teeth, but this scenario assumes that the Democrats will regain the Senate in the wake of an electoral debacle by Donald Trump
There are four good reasons why the second Clinton should follow this obvious course of action....
But our present president could better serve the nation as a Supreme Court justice after he leaves office, taking his place beside the four other liberal justices. Or counting another way, beside the other five Harvard Law School graduates on the court. And given his lack of interest in retail politicking, he might even enjoy it more than being president.
All this rests on the assumption that Clinton wins in November. What if Trump wins? Well, then all bets are off, and not just those concerning the Supreme Court.
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...
Which Obama?
Granted, the USSC is a yyuuggee reason to vote for Trump, but why would Zero turn away from the opportunity to make millions on the speaking circuit to take a seat on the Court? He is stupid, but surely Mooch would point him to the money...
EMT on the way.
Palpitations. Shallow breathing.
He was never a professor of Constitutional Law. He was a part time teacher at a college. It is a cozy position for lawyers between political runs.
Obama and all those judges he appointed will be making decisions that affect your life for decades
Trump/Pence 2016
He wouldn’t. He has every intention of making himself a billion dollars off of being the first half black president.
Wait. Does he still have a law license. Of course, he doesn’t even have to be a lawyer under the constitution. Scary.
Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. Just no!
So much for keeping my dinner down.
Too much work for his lazy arse
The racist, Kenyan bastard has no business being on the Supreme Court.
a man who has no apparent right to even be in this country, and who is so anti+American that he literally reeks of his hostility to our nation and people
he should be sent to Guantanamo (no wonder he’s in such a mad hurry to shut that prison down before he leaves, hopefully, our WH!)
Shouldn’t a prerequisite of being a Supreme Court Justice be having read and actually understanding the constitution?
It wasn’t the US Constitution.
Obama would never accept. Too boring and not enough power. He will be organizing anger until he is room temperature. We will probably see him even more once ue is out of offce.
Obama would make a great justice, on Mars. No oxygen? Oh well.
Whatever happened to that guy?
He just sort of disappeared when that other guy with the same name got elected.
He’d have to keep his Pal-ValJar on the payroll to make his decisions.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.