Then we will lose his lifetime influence on the supreme court. And who would be his replacement? Someone as conservative as him?
What a disaster it would be to pull the voice of reason from the court.
We can`t afford to lose him off the Supreme Court. To run for public office, he`d have to step down as a justice, no? And do we want 0bama making the nomination to replace him, with a timid GOP unwilling to filibuster an inevitable Ruth Bader Ginsburg clone?
No thanks.
“long shot?”..that is being kind.
No way. I have a high opinion of Justice Thomas, but he needs to stay on SCOTUS to save our 4-4-1 plurality on the court.
Thomas is a brilliant jurist. His 100 page concurrent opinion in McDonald v. Chicago, addressing gun liberty in the 14th, not 2nd Amendment, should be required reading for anyone studying constitutional law.
However, he almost certainly does not have the “political impulse”.
From my point of view, the next POTUS should set his mind from the start, to dismantling much of the “imperial presidency” and executive branch.
He should make a deal with a Republican congress to slash and burn decades of federal growth, in such a way that such cuts could not be prevented by the Democrats, who would do everything in their power to stop them.
Not just cutting the rate of growth, but real cuts.
Likewise, he should resolve ahead of time that this will not be popular, so he could very likely only hold one term. But if done immediately on his being sworn in, by the time the midterm elections take place, the benefits should have manifested themselves. So at least the Republican majority in congress would continue.
OK, I think it’s fair to say that freepers are less than wholly enthused about this idea. The commenters at Hotair.com feel the same way:
http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/02/26/clarence-thomas-2012/
One thing it might do, however, is get about 100% Republican turnout, due to the threat: Elect Clarence Thomas President, or Obama - not a Republican - will nominate another Sotomayor to replace him. But that pitch won’t work with Independents or cross-over Democrats.
Why not take Souder or Kennedy from the SC for VP? As the Veep, they couldn’t do any damage, and the (hopefully) conservative president can then nominate a more conservative judge!
This article, written by Jeffrey Toobin, is a reluctant admission by the left that not only is Justice Thomas brilliant, he is shaping the direction of the court for years to come. He quotes several lefty law professors.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/08/29/110829fa_fact_toobin
Thomas must stay where he is.
Whoever wrote this idiocy article needs 400 mg of Realty, QID
Not happening in a million years.
Whoever wrote this idiocy article needs 400 mg of Realty, QID
This is an attempt by a liberal academic to discredit Justice Thomas to make him appear political. Justice Thomas is supposed to be an apolitical judge. This piece in the left wing Daily Beast is just a cynical attempt to make him appear political.
Sure, let's have Obama replace a conservative with a Anti-American liberal loon and you guarantee the demise of this country in the near term.
Fifth column nonsense.
And why would we want Obama to be able to appoint his replacement to the Supreme Court and shift it radically to the left?
BRILLIANT!
Pull a staunch conservative from the court so Obama can rush a liberal replacement through.
How about Valerie Jarrett?
/s
No way!
This is another way of killing any chance of getting a conservative constitutional direction for our country, instead of the dictatorial socialist state our enemies (both domestic and foreign) want. Our RINO’s would like nothing better than to get him off the SC bench, and ensure the growth of the socialist state by putting him up on the ticket and throwing all the mud they can create to ensure Soetoro/Obama is reelected. No thanks; we need him right where he is!
Liberal heads exploding all ‘round!
The Republicans would be STUPID enough to take the bait on this. Fortunately Thomas is MUCH SMARTER than they are.
http://www.celsias.com/article/ex-monsanto-lawyer-clarence-thomas-hear-major-mons/
Despots creed: “He who controls the food, controls the people.” The NWO is getting all it’s ducks in a row. (But I wouldn’t eat the duck eggs.)
GMO’s patterned seed - owned/controlled by Monsanto and cohorts...Many countries have been smart enough to ban GMO’s - but Monsanto is protected in the USA - everyone has their hand in the cookie jar.
Monsanto seeds contaminate farmers crops - then Monsanto “owns’ their crop - and the farmers are no longer allowed to save and use their own seeds. i.e. - Monsanto now owns the food supply. Like this farmer, they destroyed many farmers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLzELDt3d2I&feature=fvwrel
Finally, the tide is turned a bit for the farmers - too late for many who have been destroyed.
In the last few months, the tide has started to turn - farmers are finally being able to sue Monsanto.
http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/02/farmers-sue-monsanto-gmo-patents/
the NWO, (New World Order): ‘When we’re successful - and we WILL be...”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CWBTL33MpA
connect the dots. Both sides are dirty. JFK learned about the NWO and refused to play ball. He threatened to expose it. It got him killed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR5m1-5ksj0&feature=related
If anyone is still unaware of this Pandora’s Box, I urge you to watch the movie “Food, inc” -and start buying your foods from local farmers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MflVA8GCtoE&feature=related
HOw did MOnsanto get such power?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5oixaFrppA&feature=related
Don’t shoot me - do your own research.