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Supreme Court Short LIst
Manhattan Institute Center for Legal Policy ^ | July 1, 2005 | Jonathan B. Wilson

Posted on 07/01/2005 8:40:50 AM PDT by JBW

Justice O'Connor is retiring. Speculation on her replacement began long ago.


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KEYWORDS: judicialnominees; nominations; sandraoconnor; scotus; shortlist; supremecourt
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To: Alberta's Child

engineers yes, accountants no.


61 posted on 07/01/2005 9:16:41 AM PDT by ampat
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To: Jewelsetter
It will be a woman, the libs will force it. A woman for a woman.

Well then, let's give them what they want. "Associate Justice Ann Coulter" has a nice ring to it.

62 posted on 07/01/2005 9:16:57 AM PDT by blau993 (Labs for love; .357 for Security.)
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To: BigOrangeI

"Nominate Teddy Kennedy, force him through a grueling nomination process where his entire life is put under the microscope, let the 'pubbies filibuster sending the nomination for a full vote then have "W" withdraw the nomination."

Never ever underestimate the republicans in the Senator to screw things up. Remember, it's a country club atmosphere and ya' never harm your buddies. Kennedy would be confirmed with the assistance of the pubbies in a heartbeat.


63 posted on 07/01/2005 9:17:12 AM PDT by politicalwit (USA...A Nation of Selective Law Enforcement.)
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To: JBW

Great post...Thanks.

Janice Rogers Brown is being mentioned a lot by commentators now. She is very interesting...Check out this speech she made on the failure of socialist utopian philosophies.

http://www.constitution.org/col/jrb/00420_jrb_fedsoc.htm


64 posted on 07/01/2005 9:17:21 AM PDT by lieutenant columbo
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To: princess leah; headstamp

both would be dream justice.
Is this the dream team thread?


65 posted on 07/01/2005 9:18:39 AM PDT by Rhadaghast (Yeshua HaMashiach Tzidkaynu)
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To: adam_az; Alberta's Child
"I'd love to see the President...nominate someone to the Supreme Court who isn't even a lawyer...

I nominate Ben Stein!

In addition to being an actor, TV personality, and a pretty good writer, he taught law at Pepperdine, and if memory serves is an economist to boot. When you look up "rennaisance man" in the dictionary it says "see Stein, Ben".

66 posted on 07/01/2005 9:21:35 AM PDT by marron
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To: adam_az

Ben Stein has a law degree.


67 posted on 07/01/2005 9:22:30 AM PDT by Luddite Patent Counsel (Theyre digging through all of your files, stealing back your best ideas.)
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To: untenured
I'm not one myself, but I envision an engineer as someone who sees problems and wants to design elaborate if clever solutions to them. Good idea when you're building a dam, but not when you're making laws.

What you are describing there is a bureaucrat, not an engineer. An engineer is someone who designs elaborate but clever solutions to a problem within specified fiscal constraints.

I'm a civil engineer by trade, and I can solve just about any problem you put in front of me in my area of expertise. It's not that hard, really. The VERY hard part of it is solving the problem in a practical, effective manner.

It's interesting that you should mention a dam, though. When you design a dam, you can't fake anything. It's either going to function properly, or it's not -- and that's exactly the kind of refreshing approach we could use in law. Nobody in his right mind is going to design a dam that falls apart within 6 months, and cite "international law" as an excuse to override well-grounded engineering principles in the design of a dam.

68 posted on 07/01/2005 9:25:17 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
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To: JBW

I nonminate Ann Coulter.


69 posted on 07/01/2005 9:25:32 AM PDT by jpsb (I already know I am a terrible speller)
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To: JBW
On another thread, I explained my legal and political logic behind the choice of Miguel Estrada to replace Justice O'Connor. Bottom line, I don't think enough Democrats will dare to thumb their noses at the Court, the Constitution and the nation, to uphold a filibuster against a Supreme Court nomination.

John / Billybob

70 posted on 07/01/2005 9:26:48 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Anyone who takes the MSM seriously, deserves the likes of Dick Durbin.)
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To: johnb838
Pickering is retirement age (they filibustered him until he was old) so I'd be in favor of Estrada.

LOL! How many years has it been now?

As long as it's not La Raza Gonzales. Maybe we're cool on him since he is sitting AG.

You've got that right. We do NOT want him on the SC, he's too liberal. I don't even want him as AG.

71 posted on 07/01/2005 9:27:56 AM PDT by NRA2BFree (If alcohol kills off brain cells,Ted Kennedy needs to be on life support....)
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To: BigOrangeI

ooooh... that's mean. I like it.


72 posted on 07/01/2005 9:29:06 AM PDT by Aloysius88 (Our team had better play to win.)
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To: jpsb; JBW
I nonminate Ann Coulter.

I like it. Coulter, Stein, Levin, Ingraham, all lawyers who get it and aren't afraid of anything.

73 posted on 07/01/2005 9:29:31 AM PDT by marron
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To: Luddite Patent Counsel; marron

"Ben Stein has a law degree"

Oh well, he'd make a great Justice, anyway.


74 posted on 07/01/2005 9:29:53 AM PDT by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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To: lionheart 247365

I'll second Mark Levin


75 posted on 07/01/2005 9:30:03 AM PDT by captain_dave
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To: RockinRight
A woman, a minority, a strict constitutionalist, daughter of a share cropper.

I double dog dare the dems to diss her.

76 posted on 07/01/2005 9:31:48 AM PDT by mware ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche........ "Nope, you are"-- GOD)
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To: marron

Ingraham would be good too, after all it a women seat that is being filled, but until Laura recovers from her illness I am thinking Ann, but Mark would be great, he about the smartest guy I had ever listen too.


77 posted on 07/01/2005 9:33:02 AM PDT by jpsb (I already know I am a terrible speller)
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To: Jewelsetter

"It will be a woman, the libs will force it. A woman for a woman."

I think it will have to either be a woman or a Latino.


78 posted on 07/01/2005 9:33:22 AM PDT by nj26
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To: JBW

I can see that this process is going to long and hard. So with wanting to bring unity to the country I will step up to the plate. Sure I'm not a lawyer but I have read the Constitution which is more that most of the current class of clowns have done.


79 posted on 07/01/2005 9:37:04 AM PDT by engrpat
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To: nj26

OK. Then Janice Rogers Brown it is!


80 posted on 07/01/2005 9:37:57 AM PDT by RockinRight (Conservatism is common sense, liberalism is just senseless.)
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