When USSC Chief Justice Rehnquist steps down, who would you like to see replace him?

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glenn1

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Not saying that Rehnquist's retirement is imminent or anything, just speculating a bit for fun...
 
ElFenix

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does anyone really pay enough attention to know?
 
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preCRT

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Since the Chief should have a brain and a heart, that leaves out Scalia & Thomas.
No way a Republican President would nominate a Democrat either, so that eliminates Breyer & Ginsburg.
Stevens is too old. O'Connor & Kennedy aren't strong enough.

Maybe Bush jr will have a case of daddy deja vu & nominate Souter, but pigs would fly first.
Although Souter would be the best choice.


Just keep hoping that no one dies/steps down before the 2004 elections.
 
Red Dawn

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I think the obvious choice would be Bubba Clinton. We need a disbarred lawyer as the Chief Justice!
 
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I think it comes down to Kennedy or Scalia. My vote is for Kennedy who is the more moderate of the two, but I wouldn't be surprised if Scalia is Chief Justice.
 
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I'm sick and tired of lawyers running things. We need someone down-to-earth, articulate, conservative in politics, liberal in brain-power, with a heart and soul....only one choice for me: Rush Limbaugh.

Second choice...Bluefront. heh
 
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I'm sick and tired of lawers running things. We need someone down-to-earth, articulate, conservative in politics, liberal in brain-power, with a heart and soul....only one choice for me: Rush Limbaugh.
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If that were to happen would he still have time to be your Sugga Daddy Bluefront
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BDawg

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Originally posted by: glenn1
Not saying that Rehnquist's retirement is imminent or anything, just speculating a bit for fun...
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How about anyone who's not quite so full of himself.

Rehnquist gave the fall convocation at my university during my Sophomore year. He had to be the most boring person I've ever heard speak. Then again, in terms of convocations, he was competing with James Earl Jones and Maya Angelou*.

*Like her political views or not, she's an excellent speaker.
 
Don Vito Corleone

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Who the hell voted for Clarence Thomas? That guy might be the most empty-headed Supreme Court justice in the last century. Not only is he laughably underqualified, he pretty much just votes with Scalia on every issue, in every case, without apparently giving any consideration of his own whatsoever.
 
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Ameesh

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Originally posted by: Don_Vito
Who the hell voted for Clarence Thomas? That guy might be the most empty-headed Supreme Court justice in the last century.
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lol
 
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I have never been impressed by Thomas. He asks few if any questions during the oral arguments and bases his decisions on the other Justices' questions and the lawyers' responses to those questions. Well he really doesn't base his decisions on what he hears in oral arguments, because he votes with Scalia so much of the time. I listened to the audio of the arguments of Bush v. Gore during the election fiasco, and Thomas did not ask one question.
 
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PsychoAndy

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Originally posted by: FrancesBeansRevenge
Originally posted by: absolutiza
Originally posted by: FrancesBeansRevenge
I would like to see Jesse Jackson oversee the highest court in the land.
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are you alright in the head?
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Why, no sir. Mr. Jackson would make a fantabuloustic Chief Justice.
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Maybe when Al Sharpton becomes President.

 
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