Would Hilary nominate Bill for the Supreme Court?

[virgo]

Here is a scary thought. (http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/04/justice.clinton/index.html)


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It is a title that would be sure to bring either fear or cheer to many Americans, depending on your political leanings: Supreme Court Justice Bill Clinton.

That provocative possibility has long been whispered in legal and political circles ever since Sen. Hillary Clinton became a viable candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Now a respected conservative law professor has openly predicted a future President Clinton would name her husband to the high court if a vacancy occurred.

Pepperdine Law School's Douglas Kmiec wrote recently in the Wall Street Journal, "The former president would be intrigued by court service and many would cheer him on."

Kmiec worked for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush in the White House as a top lawyer, but said he has no personal or political "disdain" for Bill Clinton (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Bill_Clinton).

CNN talked with several political and legal analysts of both ideological stripes, and while several laughed at the possibility, none would rule it out completely. And all those who spoke, did so on background only.

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[nooskye]

can she even do that????

[virgo]

can she even do that????

If she were President and an opening became available, she could. But she would have to get approval first, too. I just think the whole idea is a little scary :ohnoes:

[Dixie Tree Slayer]

Gee thanks Virgo... You made my day...:cry:
Clarence Thomas has nothing on the amorous former President... If you ever had a case to go to the supreme court either wear your tops low and your skirts high or hire an attorney with the ability to flaunt those qualifications and maybe even go to chambers to orally argue your case rather than the written word. Since the written word does not contain the .. inflections of the oral argument...
It will no longer be a man's world for sure then:-D

[nooskye]

talk about stacking the decks ...

[Conveyor Belt]

but I don't think he'd get passed through the senate. She can nominate ANYONE, but I don't think he'd pass.

[Dixie Tree Slayer]

Thank God for Checks and Balances in our government... This is one that hopefully will still work... But even if she doesn't get hubby in she will get someone in...
That is if she is even elected....

[dollfus46]

1. I don't think even she has the cajones to try that.
2. He'd never pass Senate approval
3. Wasn't he disbarred? Or was that just for practicing in Arkansas?
Yeah, appointing a disbarred hack lawyer. That'd go over well. She would, however, appoint him U.N. Ambassador. Doubt that'd fly either. We know how good he was at international affairs. Maybe she'd appoint him ambassador to Darfur. Payback is a bitch.

[fuzzis]

Hillary is a political animal, and with the Harriet Myers nomination fiasco looming in the recent past, she's not dumb enough to do something like nominate her husband as a Supreme Court justice.

[ComputerDude]

Vice President Bill.

[Echo Four Bravo]

Just imagine what/who he could hide under those robes.:kekeke: