I would love to see The President nominate Scalia or Thomas to the Chief Justice position and maybe Judge Janice Rogers Brown to the Supremes. After all, the Senate just voted to confirm her, so what could possibly be the problem?
"maybe Judge Janice Rogers Brown to the Supremes"
I sure hope not, I think much of the criticism that she is beholden to large corporate intersets is somewhat true. The only thing I really like about her is she makes the libs quiver
Last Fed, my students and I met with Thomas for two hours. From what he told us of how the Court operates, the CJ has NO substantial power other than a figurehead. He's one vote; moreover, Thomas said, the Court does NOT confer, debate, or even discuss cases before it until they all do a "go-around" and each state their (legal) opinions. After that, he said, there's 5-10 minutes of discussion, but he said few minds are ever changed, and it's more a "everyone-gets-his-say" kind of thing. It is the OPEN SEAT that is critical.