Subscribe to Breaking NewsVanasco: Who’s next on the Supreme Court?
The Daily Beast has the top contenders (though of course, no one actually knows). The Beast names Eric Holder, Diane Wood, Elena Kagan, Cass Sunstein,
I’d love the next choice to be Cass Sunstein (a well-regarded Constitutional law scholar and creative thinker who can explain law to the masses – as well as being just a nice guy), who I’ve personally found to be very gay friendly; or Judge Diane Wood, who is likewise a champion of our rights.
And oh, we’re going to need champions. Obama’s next Supreme Court won’t change the balance – we’d just be exchanging a liberal for a liberal – but the next court appointment is likely to rule on DOMA and DADT. We need them to start off on our side.
Both Sunstein and Wood are University of Chicago Law School tested, which means they’ve honed their arguments against the best conservative minds in the country – which would be good for us, I think.
But what do I really think is going to happen? I’d say look out for Eric Holder, the first African-American attorney general, or some African-American female. We really do need more diversity on the Court, and Obama is the man to find it.
Hm…,well he had been criticized by the Hispanic community for not doing anything/enough for them, so he threw them the Sotomayor bone. Lord knows his gay vote base is even MORE angry and dissatisfied with him.
Perhaps he’ll throw us the bone of the first gay man or woman on the court. I’d be happy with that. It would be great symbolically, while also making us more “real” to the conservatives on the bench.
At one time, I would have had no reservations about Obama doing this. However, he has shown himself to be VERY easily cowered by the over the top, melodramatic, orchestrated hissy fits of his foes on the right. They never did and never would vote for him, so I’m not sure why he seems to struggle with upsetting them, but he does.
Where is that “take no prisoners” attitude that he displayed in the campaign? You’ve GOT TO fight like a ruthless, cold hearted bitch against the right, because that’s how THEY fight.
Instead, we’ve had months of Mr. I’m a nice, soft spoken intellectual who doesn’t want to rock the boat and make some people angry at me. Yes. He’s setting himself up to be the next Carter. America says they want nice, but they don’t respect a pussy. That’s why they replaced Carters nice with a man with some backbone!
I could vomit!
Ugh…that reference is so vulgar. I believe that America hates ‘cowards’ more then they hate vagina. Sorry Bud.
*sorry….America doesn’t respect ‘cowards’ more then they don’t respect vagina.
If Obama is going for diversity, he will pick someone who matches all of these criteria:
A. Female
B. Non-Catholic
C. Non-Jewish
D. Non-White
E. Homosexual
Since all four criteria would screen out most possibilities, here’s the list of the people that are likely, based strictly on meeting 3 of the 4 above diversity criteria.
Diane Wood
M. Margaret McKeown
Johnnie B. Rawlinson
Leah Ward Sears
Janet Napolitano
Kathleen Sullivan
Pamela Karlan
My guess on the shortlist is:
Diane Wood
Johnnie B. Rawlinson
Leah Ward Sears
Rumor has it Leah Sears of Georgia is friends with Clarence Thomas…UGHH, that should rule her out.
Anyway, the next justice must be further to the left of Sotomayor. They should be young (late forties/early fifties) so that whoever selected would still be on the bench when I’m in my fifties( I’m currently in my twenties). I would like to see another woman selected given that Ruth Ginsburg is recovering from pancreatic cancer and my not stay on much longer as I would like on the court.
Three words that will answer all of our legal problems: Kimberly McLane Wardlaw!
“Rumor has it Leah Sears of Georgia is friends with Clarence Thomas UGHH, that should rule her out.”
It’s not a rumor, it’s a fact.
Why should that rule her out? Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a very warm relationship with Anthony Scalia and had a warm relationship with William Rehnquist, and she’s the complete judicial opposite of both of them.
Just because people happen to be friendly doesn’t mean that they will agree on legal issues. It’s not uncommon for judges on the same bench to be friendly with each-other even though they seldom agree on legal issues.
“Anyway, the next justice must be further to the left of Sotomayor.”
This I agree with.
“I would like to see another woman selected given that Ruth Ginsburg is recovering from pancreatic cancer and my not stay on much longer as I would like on the court.”
She definitely intends to stay on the court, in any case. Ginsburg is old, but she’s tough. She won’t die until she’s good and ready, and she probably won’t retire until she’s ready to die.
I don’t believe that Obama has the spine or the desire to nominate a GLBT person to the Supreme Court. He’s already demonstrated multiple times his willingness to ignore GLBT issues to suit his political needs.
SCOTUS absolutely should get another racial minority non-catholic female, but I don’t trust Sears to be supportive of GLBT equality.
Even so, could you imagine what this court would look like if that idiot McCain had won? I shudder at the thought! Pete
@ petenick, not sure why you say that. John McCain’s chief of staff is a gay man.
Where exactly are the gay folk in Obama’s team? I don’t think he has any in a cabinet position.
Trace, do you really believe that McCain, had he won, would have picked someone who supports our people’s causes? I seriously doubt it! Get real!
petenick, do you believe that Obama has even the smallest concern about the gay community? Other than the gay dollar; Democrats couldn’t care less than Republicans.
Yes, Trace, as a life-long gay 57 year old
democrat I do believe that he cares. Obama
and the dems have done more for us in the last six months than any repugnican has ever done. They are nothing but lying hypocrits who spout family values and then stab people in the back. I believe that any gay person who votes for them is like a jew who would vote for Hitler! Log cabin repugnicans need
to wake up. What kind of judges would they put onto the court? More like that phoney prick Scalia. I’m ashamed to be an italian american with ones who think and act like him! Yes, the dems need to do a-lot more
for us and I believe they will but the
economy is number one, unfortunatly.
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