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Whom Will Obama Appoint to Supremes? [Dan Collins]

Now that Souter is retiring? Naturally, a woman. Preferably, a minority. Obviously, not a Catholic. Hmmmmmm.

Allah Pundit archly suggests on Twitter that Michelle Obama might fit the bill. Then, she would have that salary that she craves. But isn’t this thinking rather limited? Why are there no trannies on the Supreme Court? Haven’t American Siamese twins been historically under-represented? Who’s your ideal candidate?

134 Replies to “Whom Will Obama Appoint to Supremes? [Dan Collins]”

  1. DarthRove says:

    Why can’t He appoint Himself? Surely such as The One can do two jobs at once.

  2. BJT-FREE! says:

    Perez Hilton. For the transcendent judgement.

  3. Joe says:

    I am sure K-Lo is crooning “Ponnrrrrrrrruuuuuuu!”

  4. N. O'Brain says:

    Joe “The Bill of Rights IS a suicide pact” Biden.

  5. Pablo says:

    RuPaul, bitches. You better work.

  6. Joe says:

    Ward Churchill is tan, rested, ready.

    Bill Ayers is available too.

  7. Joe says:

    Alex “Bitch Tits” Rodriquez is available if Obama can buy out his current contract with the Yankees.

  8. Patrick, Mayor of Scotumwah Iowa says:

    I hereby pledge my support, and that of my 13 residents, to the Supreme Court candidacy of Oprah Winfrey.

  9. […] Protein Wisdom, channeling Allahpundit on Twitter, wickedly suggests Michelle Obama. Hear, hear! […]

  10. Matt says:

    John Edwards isn’t doing a whole lot these days.

  11. Mike says:

    Just heard some über-PC subgenius on NPR say that “probably the next four or five” USSC nominees should be women. No reason given; no mention of the outlandish, extremist, and probably illegal idea that maybe we ought to give competence, juridical record, and understanding of the Constitution a wee mite of consideration. But then, the Barrackorrhoids wouldn’t consider that last a good thing anyway.

  12. ThomasD says:

    Since you don’t actually need to be an attorney to serve on the supreme Court disbarment is no significant impediment.

    There’s a bookend to the Specter saga.

  13. The White House will create a special “Judicial Committee” that will allow President Obama to weigh in on all Supreme Court rulings…in omnipotent style. All confirming opinions will be written, under the new Six-pack Doctrine, by the sitting Judge with the best abs. However, judges are barred from participating if they have over 20% body fat…at which point, the new White House “Judicial Committee” will be obligated to write the opinion…

    You can look it up.
    The Worm

  14. bigbooner says:

    Janeane Garofalo. She just KNOWS shit.

  15. Kevin B says:

    In the spirit of International jurispridence, which is all the rage with our current leaders, (also to cheer up happyfeet), I was going to suggest George Soros, but since he is more of a behind the scenes string pulling kind of guy, I thought maybe Kofi Annan could spare the time.

  16. Jim in KC says:

    Camille Paglia. I guarantee that would prove entertaining.

  17. Spiny Norman says:

    Helen Thomas.

    Then she and her idiot socialist soul-sister Ginsburg can both fall asleep during testimony.

  18. serr8d says:

    I would’ve bet Hillary. I might still.

  19. Carin says:

    Perez Hilton is a cunt.

    I nominate Monica Conyers.

  20. Carin says:

    O/t; it’s on local news but the White House threatened one of the Chrysler bond holders (who didn’t go along with the dealo yesterday) – said they would face the hostility of the entire White House Press Corp. I heard the lawyer make the accusation. The Executive branch apparently has the power to sic the press corp?

    Indpendent media, anyone? Anyone?

  21. mossberg500 says:

    Vladimir Putin.

  22. Mr. Pink says:

    20
    Holy f@#@ got a link?

  23. Jay C. says:

    Based on the specs in the first line, I nominate Janice Rogers Brown.

    Woman? Check. Of color? Oh yeah. Defender of the Constitution? Yep. Obama lackey? Nope. Bipartisan support? Hahahaha.

  24. Rob Crawford says:

    John Edwards.

    No, not the politician. The “psychic”.

    His jurisprudence will be as valid and Constitutionally-based as any other liberal justice.

  25. Clint says:

    #25 – Beautiful!

    “I can see that your grandmother is swayed your arguments, you didn’t really have a good relationship with her, did you? Would you like to make amends? She’s listening.”

  26. Clint says:

    …swayed by…

  27. geoffb says:

    “said they would face the hostility of the entire White House Press Corp”

    The new improved pitchforks, the ones the “ONE” is saving them from.

  28. U-238 says:

    This is where Cindy Sheehan finally gets her appointment.

  29. I don’t think John Edwards will get it
    If ‘bama got Liz’ book and read it
    John’s soft on crime,
    And a real slime
    And has Rielle’s kid to his credit

  30. Dana says:

    Serr8d suggested:

    I would’ve bet Hillary. I might still.

    Way too out-of-control for Mr Obama. He likes her where she is now: a position in which he can give her orders, and fire her when he feels like it. :)

  31. geoffb says:

    Bill Clinton would bring an entirely new sense of decorum to the Supreme Court. Make it part of the 24/7 world of the news media, a ratings booster. Win, win.

  32. The Monster says:

    Biden is a Constitutional Law professor (who doesn’t know the difference between Articles I and II based on his performance in the Veep Debate) so he’s automagically qualified, right? Obama could promote him to the Supreme Court, then would get to name a new Veep out of the deal. While awaiting confirmation of the replacement, Stretch Pelosi would be the proverbial heartbeat away.

    I think I’m going to be sick now.

  33. N. O'Brain says:

    And those robes can cover up so much, geoff.

  34. kelly says:

    Barney Frank wishes he was black. Again.

  35. geoffb says:

    “And those robes can cover up so much, geoff.”

    And think of all the room under that bench, more than a desk’s kneehole.

  36. Roland THTG says:

    His Zombie Grandmother!

  37. Rob Crawford says:

    And think of all the room under that bench, more than a desk’s kneehole.

    Every year, interviewing twenty-something wanna-be lawyers…

  38. Carin says:

    I’m at work, but I’ll look Pink.

  39. hindmost says:

    Aw, c’mon… nobody took the easy one?

    Allah Pundit archly suggests on Twitter that Michelle Obama might fit the bill. Then, she would have that salary that she craves. But isn’t this thinking rather limited? Why are there no trannies on the Supreme Court?

    Wouldn’t the first fill that last requirement?

    You’d have the first Klingon on the court too.

  40. Carin says:

    I found the audio:

    Frank Beckman’s show on WJR.

    I hope I got that right, because I don’t know how to cut and paste on this stupid computer. I copied the whole thing.

  41. Rob Crawford says:

    You’d have the first Klingon on the court too.

    Yeah, but it’d be an old-style, apparently extinct Klingon. Unless that hair’s hiding a hella bumpy forehead.

  42. Mr. Pink says:

    Cool thanks. I am at work too and will have to wait till I get home to que up the audio.

  43. Rob Crawford says:

    Got it, Carin.

  44. SBP says:

    My money is on Sean Penn.

    Surprise pizza deliveries, dude!

  45. Rob Crawford says:

    “One of my clients was directly threatened by the White House, in essence compelled to withdraw its opposition to the deal under threat that the full force of the White House press corps would destroy its reputation if it continued to fight.”

    (Client apparently threatened: Perella-Weinberg?)

  46. mojo says:

    Raul Castro. After the sex-change and melanin injections.

  47. Clint says:

    The One is hip enough – why not bring a new approach to all this stale politics and appoint Jay-Z?

  48. Joe says:

    I would support Camile Paglia. We need a lesbian non lawyer Justice. If lawyer was important we could go with Hillary.

  49. steveaz says:

    What kind of judges will Obama appoint? Easy: ones who will sanction the Congress’ up-and-coming “Hate Crimes” legislation.

    Sunset has been looming over Affirmative Action for the last decade, and insofar as the Prog mvmt is reliant on governmental reinforcements of archaic racial divides for its power, the sun was setting on them, too.

    Quiet choices about whom we choose to associate with are made by free Americans every day. And, if, say, a fringe of shaved Irish-Americans demonstrated a propensity to let off bombs (or, destroy property) for “the Irish,” then you’d see self-identifying Irish people as a group suffer, as business owners (who tend to own property and don’t want to see it destroyed) will naturally back away from hiring Irish. This mechanism, the discriminatory, “weeding-out” interview process that we all perform in our daily lives, engages citizens’ faculties of discernment, and serves as a crucial anti-coagulate in our pluralistic, ‘melting pot” society.

    Which makes it detrimental to insurgent movements that rely on amalgamated masses to force political concessions from the citizenry: citizens’ free discernment ensures that a terrorist in Detroit or Philly can not seek cover in this or that group “identity” openly without exposing members of “his” group to the quiet, organic exclusionary response of discerning, everyday Americans. And this essential bulwark, freedom of association, coupled with the right to “bear arms” are codified guarantees that are essential to a freeman’s repelling of tyrannical government and a foreign invasion.

    That’s where the Soop’s come in. “Hate Crimes” resurrection in Obama’s Congress indicate that the Progressives intend to use “hate” accusations to effectively neutralize the citizens’ freedom of discernment and association. And if HC’s become national law it will reverse the stakes in the court: If my read of DC’s current renters is correct, expect an immediate ramping up of EEOC claims in highly visible courtrooms (complete with wall-to-wall coverage in friendly media), and an engorging of the government’s lucrative “anti-discrimination” legal apparatuses.

    Obama needs a pliant court if he’s gonna ratchet this shake-down on to its next stage, and, in the end, more and more of America’s productive economy will grow underground.

    America is gonna go all semifossorial on the One.

  50. Rob Crawford says:

    Ya know, maybe we should limit our ideas to people with experience on the bench. To that end, I suggest Harry Anderson.

  51. SBP says:

    I’m imagining Bill interviewing prospective clerks.

    “Now, honey, the next skill we’re going to check is how well you can bang my gavel, followed by the ‘oral arguments’ section of the test.”

  52. geoffb says:

    “Michelle Obama might fit the bill”

    If you’re going to go the nepotism route, to keep it in the family, remember there is no age restriction or even citizenship restriction in the Constitution to the appointment of SCJ. Obama has a huge number of relatives to choose from.

  53. Pablo says:

    Aunt Zeituni!

  54. steveaz says:

    Oops! I’m semi-literate today!

    It’s not even noon yet and I’m already conjugation-challenged.

  55. Mr. Pink says:

    He just needs someone who can find our border and immigration laws discriminatory. World Citizens Unite!!!111!!!

  56. mojo says:

    (re: 48)
    And a hump. Can we get him a hump? Have we ever had a hunchback Justice?

    HISTORY-MAKING!

  57. Surely Barry won’t appoint Shelly
    Such a move would be smelly
    ‘Course, he is Teh One
    So it could be done
    And the Court would go straight to Helly

  58. pdbuttons says:

    caligulas horse
    of course/of course

    i want revenge

  59. Sdferr says:

    How comes it, in light of Dan’s headline, that Mary Wilson hasn’t been offered up? She was, after all, the only Supreme there from start to finish.

  60. jf4 says:

    Michelle was making 350K a year at the Univ of Chicago…a better deal than the Supremes.

  61. BJT-FREE! says:

    Dana is on LIMERICK FIRE, BAYBEE!

  62. dicentra says:

    Me, I’m just thrilled to see “whom” used correctly. My life is small like that.

  63. Noah Nehm says:

    #42: Carin

    I posted this on LGF in response to your link:

    Here’s a partial transcript of Tom Lauria’s remarks on the Frank Beckmann radio show. Lauria is bankruptcy attorney at White & Case, and is representing a group of investers who are refusing to go along with Obama’s bankruptcy plan for Chrysler.

    Tom Lauria [1:34]:

    Let me just that it is no fun standing on this side of the fence opposing the president of the United States. In fact, let me just say, you know, people have asked me who I represent. And that’s a moving target. I can tell you for sure that I represent one less investor today that I represented yesterday. One of my clients was directly threatened by the White House and in essence compelled to withdraw its opposition to the deal under threat that the full force of the White House press corps would destroy its reputation if it continued to fight. That’s how hard it is to stand on this side of the fence.

    Beckmann [2:20]

    Was that Perella Weinberg?

    Tom Lauria [2:24]:

    That was Perella Weinberg. …

  64. The Lim’rick Avenger is stumped
    ‘Cause though we’re rid of this chump
    Anyone Barry likes
    Will make us say, “Yikes!”
    The Court will become such a dump.

  65. dr kill says:

    Did Sammy Davis Jr. perhaps have an illegitimate lesbian daughter?

  66. […] going to be very ugly. Every activist group that hitched their wagon to President Obama is going to push their pet jurist on the White House and there won’t be much room for compromise or civility. There will be blood on the floor and […]

  67. LTC John says:

    #60 – I rather enjoyed that one. Thanks.

    So, what is Janet Reno doing these days?

  68. Mr. Pink says:

    65
    Maybe I am slow or something but how is that not a HUGE deal? The freakin President is threatening the reputations of private citizens who do not kowtow to his demands. Threatening to “sick” the press corp, a supposedly impartial and unbiased body, on them. WTF over? What if Bush did this to anti-war groups that kept protesting? This is sick.

  69. cynn says:

    I think this attorney is just talking smack.

  70. Rob Crawford says:

    I think this attorney is just talking smack.

    Really? Shocking.

  71. Mr. Pink says:

    71
    Yeah I am sure he is just making the whole thing up. It is not like the President demonized AIG or Wall Street execs or anything……..

  72. Jon says:

    Someone dead, Corpse-Americans (Necro-Americans would sound racist) are grossly underrepresented. Just think how quick the hearings would be!

  73. geoffb says:

    Carin may wish to weigh in since Wilson is a Motown Supreme.

  74. louchette says:

    never happen, but i think i’d like the tv judge glenda hatchett. she’s a woman, and black, and she’s pretty tough and conservative on most issues. also, she’s not ugly.

    and i’d be mostly happy with ted nugent too. he’d fiercely protect the 2nd amendment, and he could play some wicked solos and pass out yummy deer jerky during any lulls. might liven the place up a little.

    not gonna happen. but a girl can dream…

  75. Benedick says:

    Is Mills Lane still alive?

  76. TorchesToRome says:

    I’m thinking Will-I-AM from the black eyed peas since he wrote that amazing obama chant. Or maybe Chuck D from public enemy, because no way is he picking flavor-flav. Although court sessions would always start on time with all of those clocks around his neck.

  77. Noah Nehm says:

    #42 Carin

    Just thought you should know: Your link is now on Instapundit…

  78. McGehee says:

    Is Mills Lane still alive?

    Yep. Not being a Necrotic-American makes him a less attractive pick, I’m afraid.

  79. pdbuttons says:

    a judge of the globe
    puts on a shiny black robe
    and pees more freely

  80. N. O'Brain says:

    “Comment by Jon on 5/1 @ 11:37 am #

    Someone dead, Corpse-Americans (Necro-Americans would sound racist) are grossly underrepresented. Just think how quick the hearings would be!”

    The Democrats would tie up that voting bloc.

    Oh.

    Wait…….

  81. BJT-FREE! says:

    Paula Abdul? hick,/i>

  82. JHoward says:

    So, what is Janet Reno doing these days?

    Living with thor, shopping for a new Jeep Wrangler, red.

  83. BJT-FREE! says:

    souter to fly off
    summer’s breeze awaits his turn
    to be right again

  84. LTC John says:

    #74 – I am afraid the only correct term is “Life Challenged Americans”.

  85. Dana says:

    Jon suggested:

    Someone dead, Corpse-Americans (Necro-Americans would sound racist) are grossly underrepresented. Just think how quick the hearings would be!

    Necro-Americans are already represented on the Senate Judiciary Committee; Ted Kennedy sits there.

    Oh, wait, that was just so wrong. I denounce myself.

  86. If Necro-Americans can vote
    Why cain’t they be on the Cou’t?
    We’ll always know
    How their vote will go
    And their ‘pinions is already wrote.

  87. ccoffer says:

    It needs to be a midget of any color except the bad one. Everyone knows which one the unacceptable color is.

  88. MarkD says:

    Why does it have to be an American? Since some members of the court think we ought to care more for international opinion, I nominate: Kim Jong Il.

    How can you beat a guy who shoots an 18 at golf? Even Biden couldn’t out-do Kim.

  89. David Avera says:

    I hear Angela Davis isn’t busy right now.

  90. Obstreperous Infidel says:

    I have to agree with MarkD. You people are all so jingoistic and xenophobic. Fuck that. We don’t need an American on that court. We need an earthling!

  91. Boeing says:

    Obama is going to disband the Judicial Branch and merge the functions into the Executive Branch because Obama doesn’t want Robert Mugabe laughing at him and calling him a lightweight.

  92. mojo says:

    PLEASE!

    “Decomposing Americans”

    Potty mouth…

  93. bill says:

    Too bad William Kunsler is dead. How about Ramsay Clark?
    How about Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman, the blind sheik in Supermax. (he fits the image of the statue with the blindfold) Besides we can get Sharia law without the raggies nuking a few cities. Make the Gitmo gangstas officers of the court.

  94. mojo says:

    Or “Americans of Decomposition”, if you prefer.

  95. pdbuttons says:

    how how to serve man
    injun casino does judge
    more firewater!

  96. kelly says:

    It needs to be a midget of any color except the bad one. Everyone knows which one the unacceptable color is.

    Somewhere Robert Reich quietly weeps.

  97. kelly says:

    On the plus side, Timmy Geithner is also ruled out. I mean, c’mon, “Toes” Emanual looks buff by comparison.

  98. SBP says:

    Bernardine Dohrn has a law degree, I believe.

  99. kelly says:

    So does Star Jones.

  100. Boeing says:

    Multi-ethnic transsexual midget. Problem solved.

  101. SBP says:

    I think Rahm Emanuel has already been mentioned, Boeing. :-)

  102. Timstigator says:

    Bill Clinton.

  103. N. O'Brain says:

    “Somewhere Robert Reich quietly weeps.”

    Be on your toes, folks! Like Robert Reich at a urinal.

  104. kelly says:

    Toes? How about a step ladder? Honestly, is it just me or isn’t Reich the same guy who was one of the recurring villians on Wild, Wild West years ago?

  105. baldilocks says:

    Anita Hill. Just because he hates Clarence Thomas.

  106. mojo says:

    One of the Gore Girls.

  107. mojo says:

    I am still living with your ghost
    Lonely and dreaming of the west coast
    I don’t want to be your downtime
    I don’t want to be your stupid game

    With my big black boots and an old suitcase
    I do believe Ill find myself a new place
    I don’t want to be the bad guy
    I don’t want to do your sleepwalk dance anymore
    I just want to see some palm trees
    Go and try and shake away this disease

    We can live beside the ocean
    Leave the fire behind
    Swim out past the breakers
    Watch the world die

    I am still dreaming of your face
    Hungry and hollow for all the things you took away

    I don’t want to be your good time
    I don’t want to be your fall-back crutch anymore

    Ill walk right out into a brand new day
    Insane and rising in my own weird way
    I don’t want to be the bad guy

    I don’t want to do your sleepwalk dance anymore
    I just want to feel some sunshine
    I just want to find some place to be alone

    We can live beside the ocean
    Leave the fire behind
    Swim out past the breakers
    Watch the world die
    — Everclear, “Santa Monica”

  108. My money’s on Valerie Jarrett. She’s not part of any controversy: Blago was the bad guy on that one.

    Plus, Jarrett was Michelle Robinson’s boss at the Mayor’s office.

  109. Rob Crawford says:

    Honestly, is it just me or isn’t Reich the same guy who was one of the recurring villians on Wild, Wild West years ago?

    Dr. Miguelito Loveless

    Played by Michael Dunn, who has some interesting bits in his biography:

    Later, he transferred to the University of Florida, where he acted, was a cheerleader, and was editor of the college newspaper, and received his degree in 1956. He’d supported himself during school by singing at local bars, and knew by graduation that he wanted to be an actor. “Frankly”, he told a reporter, “I knew there wouldn’t be too much competition for roles. There are a great many professional midgets, but there aren’t too many dwarfs who can act.” Waiting for his big break, he found employment as a sports reporter, a hotel detective, and a missionary.

  110. Vladimir says:

    Surely it’ll be someone possessed of the knowledge which constitutes “Cosmic Justice” and the ability to render it.

  111. Sdferr says:

    Ding Ding Ding! Vlad has got it down, baby!

  112. Carin says:

    So … lemme get this straight … I get an insta-launch on a comment where I didn’t even have my blog linked to my name? Figures.

  113. Carin says:

    Oh, I see. he didn’t link PW. Just the audio.

  114. N. O'Brain says:

    ” a hotel detective…”

    Keyhole peering was a snap.

  115. McGehee says:

    The hotel detective, he was out of sight.

  116. Adriane says:

    Barack Obama, Sr.

    – Harvard trained, decomposing, favored 100% tax rates and higher, non-Protestant, non-white, non-Anglo-Saxon, Dreamed About by the appointing President …

  117. kelly says:

    Thanks, Rob.

  118. I think multi-culti decorum demands that Obama replace one queer with another. I nominate Leslie.

  119. pdbuttons says:

    #117
    we come in your town…
    then we go home
    to be investigated
    i will now richard armitage shut-up
    zip…
    [mumble]

  120. meya says:

    “What kind of judges will Obama appoint? Easy: ones who will sanction the Congress’ up-and-coming “Hate Crimes” legislation.”

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_v._Mitchell

    That was a unanimous Rehnquist opinion from 1993.

    “Anita Hill. Just because he hates Clarence Thomas.”

    Not just that, but also to test Specter’s new loyalties.

  121. pdbuttons says:

    joe biden
    “i would not/could not/
    get on that train
    unless michelle/with her steel drivin’ hammer’
    “corrected” me

  122. geoffb says:

    “Not just that, but also to test Specter’s new loyalties.”

    You cannot “test” for nor can something be “new” which has never existed. Spector is loyal to Spector. Singular, loyal to himself, only. This does however make him a good fit for and right at home as a Democratic Party Leader except for the Party thing. They will come to love him as much as I do.

  123. B Moe says:

    “What kind of judges will Obama appoint? Easy: ones who will sanction the Congress’ up-and-coming “Hate Crimes” legislation.”

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_v._Mitchell

    That was a unanimous Rehnquist opinion from 1993.

    So what is your point?

  124. 120: Oh my gods! I forgot about Leslie! I used to live in Austin in the 90’s, and had to walk through downtown to catch my bus for work, and I passed Leslie almost every day. Good times. Good, strange times…

  125. meya says:

    “So what is your point?”

    That there’s no need to be concerned with “hate crimes” and the court. Its already weighed in unanimously.

  126. Sdferr says:

    …there’s no need to be concerned…

    So you all can just, y’know, stop thinking and shut up now. Permanently. Oh, and that little mess with CJ Taney and all, just nevermind that.

  127. SBP says:

    But if you think Obama is nominating people ‘who will sanction the Congress’ up-and-coming “Hate Crimes” legislation’ then you’re barking up the wrong tree.

    You are a liar, liebot.

    Every word out of your lying liehole is a lie.

    Sorry.

  128. SBP says:

    The Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott 7-2, liebot.

    I guess you’re okay with that one, too?

    How about the 7-1 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, liebot?

  129. Goliath says:

    How about the unanimous decision on In re Debs, liebot?

    Okay with that one?

  130. SBP says:

    You haven’t figured out that I’m being descriptive here, not normative.

    You haven’t figured out that I’m not going to let you lie, spin, prevaricate, drag the conversation off-topic, introduce red herrings, or any of the other shop-worn tactics of which you are so fond.

    I’m not going to let you pretend that this is any type of honest discussion or debate. It isn’t.

    I’m not going to let you pretend that you are arguing in good faith. You aren’t.

    You are a liar, liebot. Everything you say is a lie, either direct or by omission.

  131. SBP says:

    So do you think that obama is concerned with nominating people

    I think you are a serial liar, and I’m not going to help you pretend that this is any type of honest discussion or debate. It isn’t. I’m not going to help you pretend that you’re anything other than a mendacious, spinning crapweasel. You aren’t.

  132. SBP says:

    Lame comeback, crapweasel, even for you.

    What, you don’t know how to respond when others refuse to let you control the narrative? No chapter in Alinsky for that situation, liebot?

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