I would love to see Judge Jones on the Supreme Court. I think it is much more likely, however, that you will see Judge Edith Brown (Joy) Clement nominated. She is from New Orleans and can't go home. Wouldn't the Democrats look bad if they attacked a hurricane victim? I personally like her very much and think she would be a very good choice.
No one who went to Tulane law school will ever be on the Supreme Court. That's just the way it works.
"I would love to see Judge Jones on the Supreme Court. I think it is much more likely, however, that you will see Judge Edith Brown (Joy) Clement nominated. She is from New Orleans and can't go home. Wouldn't the Democrats look bad if they attacked a hurricane victim? I personally like her very much and think she would be a very good choice."
I agree with you, and would add, President Bush might want to appoint a woman. Here's a bit of her bio:
"Clement was born in Birmingham, Alabama and educated at the University of Alabama, receiving her B.A. in 1969, and at Tulane Law School, where she received a J.D. in 1972. Her early career included a period clerking for Judge Herbert W. Christenberry at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1973-1975), after which she worked as a maritime attorney in private practice in New Orleans, Louisiana until 1991.
On October 1, 1991 Clement was nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana by George H.W. Bush. She was confirmed by the Senate to this post on November 21, 1991 (by a vote of 99-0), and received commission on November 25, 1991. In 2001 she served as chief judge of this court, before being nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
She was nominated to her current seat on September 4, 2001 by President George W. Bush, was confirmed by the Senate on November 13, 2001 by a vote of 99-0, and received her commission on November 26, 2001. Judge Clement is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, the Federal Bar Association, the American Law Institute, the Federalist Society, the Tulane Law School's Inn of Court, and the Committee on the Administrative Office of the Judicial Conference of the United States."
I love the way you think! Judge Edith Brown Clement from New Orleans.