Hatch's age is a disqualifier. We need a young and healthy conservative who will influence the court for at least 25 years.
Doesn't Ann Coulter have a law degree? Seriously, I think she does.
This election knocks Guliani and Rice out of the '08 sweepstakes due to their pro-choice stands.
Racicot is an excellent choice for President for all the reasons you listed.
Bush should renominate all the conservative judges the Demorats rejected, Owens, Estrada, et al. Make them eat crow.
Orin Hatch? He wants to blow up my computer remotely if he thinks I downloaded music (which I don't). Think I'll pass on that one and wait for somebody who understands due process.
How old are you?
Plus, I have to be suspicious that Hatch is in the pocket of the movie, music, and tv industry. None of which were particularly helpful to our cause this time around. If you are going to be bought off, at least be bought off by our supporters.
Nominate Bork again.
Racicot is more of a political operator and self-promoter than a True Believer. He left the Montana GOP in shambles. He would be another Kennedy on the court, at BEST.
Racicot interesting idea. My best buddy has relatives in Montana. Every year we go hunting there and four years ago I asked some of them about him. I waited until massive amounts of adult beverages had beeen consumed. The room got very quite and the oldest uncle looked at me and said "He's a great Governor and a great guy - but he has skeltons. No more taling about it ok?" I have never been able find out waht they are but the consenus is he wouldn't stand up to the vetting.
Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, and Larry Elder. Let's hear the NAACP screech!
I'd like to be convinced otherwise. One of his big faux-pas up here was his opposition to right-to-work legislation. He could have sheperded it through, and instead, Montana remains excessively union controlled.
He hand-picked his successor, and she was an utter disaster. Rather than building the GOP into a smart, efficient organization, he let it wallow in incompetence, and as a result, Montana just elected a Democrat governor, and the Dems took over both houses of the legislature. No excuse for that in a state that went 60-40 for Bush.
He was begged to come back and challenge Max Baucus for the Senate seat, and turned down the challenge.
Racicot did a good job for the Bush/Cheney campaign, and I'm grateful for that, but please, no Supreme Court for him.
There is a law professor in Montana -- Natalson -- who Bush does need to appoint to the federal bench, though.
Where does he stand on the Commerce Clause?
As a Montanaian who's voted for him, Marc is too Moderate. He would end up like another Sandra O Connell on social issues. Same with Hatch.
No way.
Racicot is too liberal on abortion and other issues. The "perfect" nominee is Michael Luttig of the 4th Circuit, and then Ted Olsen.
Are you stoned? Hatch is a disgrace needs to be drummed out of the Senate, and certainly not elevanted to spread his dementia to the judiciary. How quickly peopel forget his disgraceful "DREAM" Act and appeasement of The Swimmer.
There's a problem there - both the folks mentioned are politicians with little experience in higher law (at least to my knowledge).
That wouldn't be a problem if they were up for a Circuit Court seat or some lower court, but at the Supreme Court level, experience is at a premium, especially for the nomination and approval hearings.
Who, then? I haven't the slightest, but personally, I'd rather see someone with a few more years on the bench be nominated.
My $0.02, anyway...
I may be ridiculed for this, but what about Ted Olson?
I confess I don't know that much about him, but anybody married to Barbara couldn't be all bad.
Anybody know more about him?
I personally would be thrilled. He's on my list to run for President or VP too. He's a real class act.