[BillyBoy]

That's a pretty cool "what if" scenario, imagining if John Bricker had been Chief Justice of SCOTUS from 1953-1986 instead of out of control activist RINO Earl Warren and the totally ineffective "conservative" Warren Burger, a CJINO (Chief Justice In Name Only). Obviously it would be a very different country by the time Rehnquist took over in '86, although Bricker's 33 years on the court still wouldn't have surpassed John Marshall's record.

Looking at the court we have now, I'm glad I suggested a totally different direction than what Bush did in 2005-2006 with the Roberts/Miers/Alito nominations. Had I been in Bush's shoes, I would have elevated Clarence Thomas from associate justice to CJ to replace Rehnquist, and probably put justice Raoul G. Cantero of the Florida Supreme Court in Thomas' spot. (though I imagine GWB didn't do this because the RATs would have declared war on any Jeb Bush appointed judge). And I would have likely replaced Sandra Day O'Connor with Priscilla Owen or Paul Clement.

[GOPsterinMA]

The Republican Party is a cabal of impotent, stupid buffoons.

The Democrat Party is Satan incarnate.

The SCOTUS is mostly a group of bitchy fags.

This country is dead. As dead as the zombies in The Walking Dead, except in the show, you have free reign to re-kill the undead.

And Bob Barr should be forced have sex with his closest blood relative, then fed to bears.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Unfortunately, I think there were few clues that Roberts would be compromised.