Have you ever wondered what Justice Souter must think whenever he hears warnings about a judicial nominee possibly being another Souter? Does he hope for another nominee like him so that they can refer to their name instead in the future?
Update: The Might Barrister must have been thinking along the same lines.
Update: As far as the Miers’ nomination goes I am amazed at the President’s luck. Imagine the coincidence that the person most qualified to be on Supreme Court was already working for him – the girl next door. What phenomenal luck to have your chief White House counsel turn out to be the one most qualified for the position. Maybe he should look among the gardening staff to head the Department of Agriculture since he has such an amazing ability to pick people.
Actually I am thinking of having my name legally changed to Tabula Rasa so I might get considered for the next empty seat on the court. Hey I have never been a lawyer, constitutional scholar, judge, or held any public office. I would have no paper trail except if some toilet paper got stuck to the bottom of my shoe. Though I have read the Constitution so that might disqualify me.
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LOL…look on the bright side, if the balance of the court shifts rightward, maybe Sheeper, I mean Souter, will follow suit. That wouldn’t be so baaad now would it?
I’ve often thought about how must Judge Bork feel about his name being turned into a verb, as in, “That nominee is getting ‘Borked’ by Biden.”
Heh, I think Judge Bork would prefer that over having his name become a synonym for judicial cowardice and betrayal. Souter in doubly unlucky…he only follows in the footsteps of Justice Blackmun in terms of judicial cowardice and betrayal, but it is his name that gets stuck with the baggage.
I dunno…Tabula Rasa sounds sort of like a stripper name. (I, myself, have considered the psuedonym Rosetta Stone…) 🙂
Excessive pride drives me to mention that I see the misspelling of pseudonym. Ooops.
Actually, Bork once commented: “I didn’t know I had become a verb.”
Good line about the White House gardener, Jeff! And to think some people thought it was “sexist” (though they also laughed their buns off) when I said the President had just put his legal cleaning lady on the Supreme Court.
Personally, considering some of the rulings our august Supreme Court have issued recently, someone not educated at supposed ivy league colleges who teach the fluidity of truth and the “living” Constitution would be an asset.
I would like Ms. Miers better if, in addition to not being a judge, she also were not a lawyer.
I am not, yet still know enough to know that removing God as the guarantor of our freedoms, removing responsibility as a prerequisite for freedom, and infringing on private property are not only unconstitutional, but are also sure to hasten the demise of the “Great Experiment.”
Sheesh, the Constitution is living, but unborn children are not. Sin always has, and ever shall darken the intellect…