Comments on: Hillary Clinton for Supreme Court?

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:55:52 +0000

God, that would be a great set of confirmation hearings!

I think they would be deadly dull. Senate rules, practice, and tradition all promote an air of great comity in dealing with fellow Senators.

By: Dunk

Dunk — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:43:19 +0000

God, that would be a great set of confirmation hearings!

By: Floyd

Floyd — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:21:14 +0000

Ginsberg would welcome the chance to look smart and pretty!

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:13:04 +0000

As was Earl Warren.

After his appointment to the SCOTUS not before.

By: Pug

Pug — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:57:37 +0000

Hillary Clinton on the other hand has been a highly partisan and dividing figure

As was Earl Warren. Partisan and divisive is hardly anything new on the Supreme Court. Several of the current members could be considered highly partisan and highly divisive.

By: Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Justice Hillary Clinton ? You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me

Thu, 22 May 2008 12:51:06 +0000

[...] Joyner, while calmer than Althouse, agrees that Miller’s idea is pretty silly: There’s no way Obama appoints Clinton to the Supreme Court. For one thing, she’s too old. [...]

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:36:11 +0000

I take your point on Clinton v. Warren. I'm just saying that he didn't have experience as a judge or legal scholar.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:53:00 +0000

There's no comparison between Hillary Clinton's record and Earl Warren's. Before going into politics Warren served a number of years in private practice. He was elected three times as district attorney, once as attorney general of California, and an unprecedented three times as governor of California. When he first ran for governor he ran, essentially, unopposed, having won the primaries for the Republican, Democratic, and Progressive parties.

He was a uniquely popular and unifying figure over a period of many years.

Hillary Clinton on the other hand has been a highly partisan and dividing figure. There are such things as personal qualifications and judicial temperament. Hillary Clinton doesn't have them.

By: rodney dill

rodney dill — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:34:22 +0000

...then we'd have a court jester