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Could Barack Obama become a Supreme Court justice?
The Christian Science Monitor ^
| January 27, 2016
| Corey Fedde
Posted on 02/14/2016 10:32:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Can a former POTUS go to work on the SCOTUS? Hillary Clinton thinks so.
At an event in Iowa, an audience member asked Mrs. Clinton, a Democratic presidential candidate, whether she would nominate President Obama for a role on the Supreme Court if she became the next president. Mrs. Clinton responded immediately, according to CBS News:
Wow, what a great idea. Nobody has ever suggested that to me. Wow, I love that, wow. He may have a few other things to do, but I tell you that's a great idea ... He's brilliant and he can set forth an argument and he was a law professor. He's got all the credentials.
Currently, Supreme Court justices have an average age of around 75, according to birthdates available from the Supreme Court website. Four of the justices will be over 80 by the end of the next presidential term, leading many to assume that the next president, Republican or Democrat, will likely appoint at least one Supreme Court justice....
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obama; scotus; supremecourt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
After he and Hillary are released from prison I suppose anything is possible.
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posted on
02/14/2016 10:56:56 PM PST
by
fireman15
(Check your facts before making ignorant statements.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
How about the witch is nominated, picks soetoro as VP, is elected, then indicted, resigns and then is pardoned by soetoro who is now POTUS?
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posted on
02/14/2016 10:57:47 PM PST
by
Eagles6
( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
02/14/2016 11:01:04 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A President Trump might need a grand gesture to demonstrate to the world that he is beholden to no one, including conservatives. Nominating Obama to the Supreme Court would be a possibility.
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posted on
02/14/2016 11:01:48 PM PST
by
SteveH
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Only problem is no teleprompts in SC.
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posted on
02/14/2016 11:02:05 PM PST
by
urbanpovertylawcenter
(the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
There are zero Constitutional rules to be a member of SCOTUS.
ANYONE can be a member so long as he/she is nominated and confirmed.
One need not even be a lawyer.
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posted on
02/14/2016 11:03:50 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
To: urbanpovertylawcenter
He’ll have Bill Ayers write his opinions.
To: Democrat_media
He’ll make the move in November to negate the election.I have vacuum packed popcorn and lots of salt and vegetable oil in preps. Good luck to him. That one will be more entertaining than Netflix.
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posted on
02/14/2016 11:04:40 PM PST
by
Stentor
("Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute." Robert Goodloe Harper)
To: Paladin2
That wouldn’t hold him back. He is an incompetent president.
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posted on
02/14/2016 11:04:43 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common any more.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I know, but where there’s a will there’s a way.
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posted on
02/14/2016 11:05:16 PM PST
by
avenir
(I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
To: Typical_Whitey
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posted on
02/14/2016 11:05:54 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common any more.)
To: avenir
That’s fine. as long as Trump dumps the UN and levels the building.
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posted on
02/14/2016 11:07:31 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common any more.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Could Barack Obama become a Supreme Court justice?"
In a nation governed by children, yes.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
there are many freepers who would vote if they could to make bammy a SC judge....they elected him prez and they’re still not happy...
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posted on
02/14/2016 11:10:38 PM PST
by
cherry
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
02/14/2016 11:12:25 PM PST
by
urbanpovertylawcenter
(the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Can’t the s-————h just go home?
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posted on
02/14/2016 11:14:16 PM PST
by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A citizen of one of the permanent Security Council countries cannot be secretary general.The jokes write themselves, don't they? :-)
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posted on
02/14/2016 11:16:18 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
be funny if he appointed himself
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Wow, what a great idea. Nobody has ever suggested that to me. Wow, I love that, wow." Could she possibly sound more simultaneously disingenuous and childish?
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posted on
02/14/2016 11:24:41 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
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