Obama for Supreme Court?

[Grinning Dragon]

And that the fact is he was never a professor.
He had a Voluntary Surrender of his law license, which would indicate something wasn't kosher with the Bar Assoc.

That's untrue. http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/the-obamas-law-licenses/
According to FactCheck, the Obamas voluntarily went inactive so they wouldn't have to keep paying the annual fee.

I stand corrected.

[Kernen]

He's really not, though.

He was a professor of constitutional law and the leader of the free world. That isn't exactly a paltry record.

By being president, he puts himself in a position of either having to recuse himself or separate himself from every case that has to do with his very openly declared positions, or his previously passed laws. That does not a good justice make.

Moreover, he was a senior lecturer, as pointed out. He was not a judge. Not any lawyer can serve as a judge, even a lawyer that focuses in constitutional law. Familiarity working within the system as a legal expert, and not as a politician, is necessary. The ideal candidate is either a federal prosecutor who has decades and decades of experience working with the Justice Department, or a judge who has worked their way up the court system. Not a controversial politician who cannot be expected to maintain an impartial attitude.

[Mike the Progressive]

Whatever. Point is Obama is not qualified to be Supreme Court justice. Not even close to it.

There are no qualifications for SCOTUS. If I became president I could nominate you if I wanted to.

Nobody said qualifications or requirements. I'm saying he doesn't have the experience. Sure somebody could nominate him. Somebody could also nominate Bieber. The point is he was never a judge, he never really practiced law, he was a part time lecturer (which doesn't really count in academia). Everybody on the court is. He is not.

[Thermodolia]

There are no qualifications for SCOTUS. If I became president I could nominate you if I wanted to.

Nobody said qualifications or requirements. I'm saying he doesn't have the experience. Sure somebody could nominate him. Somebody could also nominate Bieber. The point is he was never a judge, he never really practiced law, he was a part time lecturer (which doesn't really count in academia). Everybody on the court is. He is not.

Well he really doesn't have a lot of experience in the legal field, I'll give you that. I would suspect that the main reason that they would nominate him would be to piss off all right wing.

[Kernen]

He's really not, though.

Actually he is because there are no official requirements, there's already a Justice that has never been a judge before on SCOTUS right now.

Elena Kagen? Who had years of experience as a federal prosecutor, working intimately within the federal justice department and who served as the Dean of Harvard Law? Obama doesn't have nearly the background that Kagen has when looking at experience with federal judicial process. He is a politician, which is a fundamentally different job than a federal prosecutor, and which requires very different skills than a judge requires.

This despite the many other strikes against him for judgeship.

[Greed and Death]

I would assume he would wanted something that paid more.

Let him work as a lobbyist for the next few years.

[Mike the Progressive]

Nobody said qualifications or requirements. I'm saying he doesn't have the experience. Sure somebody could nominate him. Somebody could also nominate Bieber. The point is he was never a judge, he never really practiced law, he was a part time lecturer (which doesn't really count in academia). Everybody on the court is. He is not.

Well he really doesn't have a lot of experience in the legal field, I'll give you that. I would suspect that the main reason that they would nominate him would be to piss off all right wing.

Ok. He's not going to get appointed. I suspect it's a bunch of Obama fanatics. Not to piss off the right wing. and even if it was, that's fucked up. Sacrifice the prestige of the Court to do that? Let's not.

[Ifreann]

It would certainly be amusing to see the GOP react to Justice Obama.

[Thermodolia]

Well he really doesn't have a lot of experience in the legal field, I'll give you that. I would suspect that the main reason that they would nominate him would be to piss off all right wing.

Ok. He's not going to get appointed. I suspect it's a bunch of Obama fanatics. Not to piss off the right wing. and even if it was, that's fucked up. Sacrifice the prestige of the Court to do that? Let's not.

Oh I know he's not going to get appointed, I'm just saying that's what I suspect.

[Kernen]

It would certainly be amusing to see the GOP react to Justice Obama.

I would pay good money to get a seat at the front of the Capitol building so I could watch the collective horror dawn on their faces.

[Trotskylvania]

Let the man rest.

Only in death does duty end.

[Greed and Death]

It would certainly be amusing to see the GOP react to Justice Obama.

and filibuster to keep him from becoming justice would be the reaction.

Sorry his goals, and beliefs are too well known. To get past the Senate you need to be able to tell them you are a great legal mind who has never though about the issues of our day.

[Wallenburg]

It would certainly be amusing to see the GOP react to Justice Obama.

I would pay good money to get a seat at the front of the Capitol building so I could watch the collective horror dawn on their faces.

Unfortunately, the whole nomination and swearing in process is indoors.

[Ifreann]

It would certainly be amusing to see the GOP react to Justice Obama.

I would pay good money to get a seat at the front of the Capitol building so I could watch the collective horror dawn on their faces.

It'd be like the ending of Kingsmen.

[Samnoreg]

This is the last thing the guy needs. IF appointed to the Supreme Court, the rate of hair graying would accelerate exponentially, then: *poof* He's Nelson Mandela.

[Ifreann]

This is the last thing the guy needs. IF appointed to the Supreme Court, the rate of hair graying would accelerate exponentially, then: *poof* He's Nelson Mandela.

He could always ask RBG to share her elixir of eternal life.

[Kernen]

I would pay good money to get a seat at the front of the Capitol building so I could watch the collective horror dawn on their faces.

Unfortunately, the whole nomination and swearing in process is indoors.

Not for long. They'd rush out like a zombie horde, only with tears and abject, spittle-flying rage instead of exposed bones and bloodstained faces.

The moaning and brainlessness would be pretty similar though.

[Samnoreg]

This is the last thing the guy needs. IF appointed to the Supreme Court, the rate of hair graying would accelerate exponentially, then: *poof* He's Nelson Mandela.

He could always ask RBG to share her elixir of eternal life.

Something tells me there's only so much elixir left in the well of elixiry, and with all due concern to Mr. Obama's hair, I think I'd rather have RBG stick around a bit longer.

[Zoice]

If he's replacing Scalia then yes. I don't care who replaces Scalia so long as someone does. Hitler for US Supreme Court if it means getting rid of Scalia.

[Utilitarian Garibaldi]

Yes, but I don't want him to replace Scalia.

[New confederate ramenia]

Yes, but I don't want him to replace Scalia.

If he's replacing Scalia then yes. I don't care who replaces Scalia so long as someone does. Hitler for US Supreme Court if it means getting rid of Scalia.

I don't follow Supreme Court politics. Who's Scalia?

[Jarvinen]

I couldn't care less. I'd rather him not be in the supreme court, seeing as he is a mediocre president who's almost inevitably going to retire after 2017.

If hes appointed to the supreme court, well, fine, it's not going to ruin my morning.

[Greater North American Union]

Yes, but I don't want him to replace Scalia.

If he's replacing Scalia then yes. I don't care who replaces Scalia so long as someone does. Hitler for US Supreme Court if it means getting rid of Scalia.

I don't follow Supreme Court politics. Who's Scalia?

He's an Originalist who staunchly opposes the judicial activism the Court and the Left are very fond of these days. He's branded a conservative, but generally his position is more about stopping the Court from making laws and protecting the integrity of the Constitution. \

I don't frequently agree with him, but people like him are a necessary part of the system.

[Poshuana]

Another libtard in the Supreme Court? No

[Zoice]

Yes, but I don't want him to replace Scalia.

If he's replacing Scalia then yes. I don't care who replaces Scalia so long as someone does. Hitler for US Supreme Court if it means getting rid of Scalia.

I don't follow Supreme Court politics. Who's Scalia?

The Sicilian Bullfrog that consistently tries to make the whole US as bad as Mississippi (eg. He thinks freedom of religion doesn't include freedom to be nonreligious).