Appoint Birdmanesq!

I believe in truth, justice and political cornyism.

If ever there were a reason to NOT put the modern iteration of the Republican party in charge, this is it.

So how many posts until someone does turns the "Lots of Dogs" pic into "Lots of Judges"?

If only some sort of constitutional scholar was running for president. . .

Skail: If ever there were a reason to NOT put the modern iteration of the Republican party in charge, this is it.

Word. At the very minimum some balance is in order.

Make Ron Paul chief justice of the supreme court

milk_plus: If only some sort of constitutional scholar was running for president. . .

That's a stretch. Obama taught constitutional law but he's not a scholar by any means.

Skail: If ever there were a reason to NOT put the modern iteration of the Republican party in charge, this is it.

milk_plus: If only some sort of constitutional scholar was running for president. . .

These.

I don't want the next president appointing pointy headed intellectuals with their fancy book learning. I want a president that will appoint Joe sixpack to shake up the establishment and be a maverick. YEE HAW

Every president gets to make hundreds of judicial appointments.

Did they tip over with Nixon? Ford? Carter? Reagan? Bush I? Clinton? Bush II?

Is this just more fear mongering?

Or is Obama going to turn us into socialists?

Or McCain turn us into a theocracy?

These fears get lots of press every presidential election and guess what? Nothing's changed yet.

This is just BS. Was very good friends with a Federal Judge. The "life appointment" is a joke. He was forced to resign because of how he ruled in 1 case.

The part that sucks is no matter what your party affiliation - his ruling was the right thing to do. I won't say what it was as I don't want to identify him.

This is just more scare stories from the media trying to get the criminal element of our society, i.e. attractive and successful African-Americans, to vote Obama so they have a better chance of getting a lenient judge.

/first part true
//last part true troll

AnotherSithForMcCain: I don't want the next president appointing pointy headed intellectuals with their fancy book learning. I want a president that will appoint Joe sixpack to shake up the establishment and be a maverick. YEE HAW

Like Chuck Norris

So socially, you'll only be 20 years behind the rest of the world as opposed to 40. That would be interesting.

Oh no! Hopefully a Harvard Law Review President isn't elected.

We'd be much better off with a BS degree holder who graduated in the bottom 1% of his class.

AnotherSithForMcCain: I don't want the next president appointing pointy headed intellectuals with their fancy book learning. I want a president that will appoint Joe sixpack to shake up the establishment and be a maverick. YEE HAW

Actually, I agree with this. As a society, we need more non-lawyers to be judges. The judicial system has become too pedantic and culturally insular.

worlddan: milk_plus: If only some sort of constitutional scholar was running for president. . .

That's a stretch. Obama taught constitutional law but he's not a scholar by any means.

Nu uh. He is so one.

worlddan: milk_plus: If only some sort of constitutional scholar was running for president. . .

That's a stretch. Obama taught constitutional law but he's not a scholar by any means.

So what is a scholar, in your humble estimation?

worlddan: milk_plus: If only some sort of constitutional scholar was running for president. . .

That's a stretch. Obama taught constitutional law but he's not a scholar by any means.

10/10

Would be trolled again. Take note people, THIS is how you do it. Bravo.

worlddan: milk_plus: If only some sort of constitutional scholar was running for president. . .

That's a stretch. Obama taught constitutional law but he's not a scholar by any means.

Uh.

Katie Couric: What other Supreme Court decisions do you disagree with?

Sarah Palin: Ummm well... lets see... theres...ofcourse in the great history of America....there have been rulings that there's never going to be absolute consensus by every American and umm there are those issues again like Roe v. Wade which I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there so... ummm you know going through the history of America there would be others but umm....

KC: Can you think of any?

SP: Well I would think of.. of any again that could best be dealt with on a more local level, maybe I would take issue with, but ummm you know as a mayor and then as a governor and even as a vice president, if I'm so privileged to serve, wouldn't be in a position to change those things. But in supporting the law of the land and as it reads today...

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FarKnight: Oh no! Hopefully a Harvard Law Review President isn't elected.

We'd be much better off with a BS degree holder who graduated in the bottom 1% of his class.

...with a second in command who can't name a court case not decided by Judge Judy.

AnotherSithForMcCain: I don't want the next president appointing pointy headed intellectuals with their fancy book learning. I want a president that will appoint Joe sixpack to shake up the establishment and be a maverick. YEE HAW

Richard Nixon unavailable for comment.

"On January 19, 1970, after Clement Haynsworth was rejected by the U.S. Senate for an appointment to the United States Supreme Court, President Richard Nixon nominated Carswell to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to replace liberal Justice Abe Fortas. Carswell was praised by Southern Senators including Richard B. Russell, Jr., but was criticized by others for the high reversal rate (58%) of his decisions as a District Court Judge. Civil-rights advocates also questioned his civil rights record; in 1948, Carswell had voiced support for racial segregation while running for a seat in the Georgia state legislature (in his hometown, Irwinton, Georgia; Carswell did not win the election and moved to Florida where he started his career as a private attorney).

In defense against charges that Carswell was "mediocre", U.S. Senator Roman Hruska (Republican, Nebraska) stated, "Even if he is mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance?" That remark is believed to have backfired and damaged Carswell's cause."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Carswell

We should just get rid of Judges. They are all the time trying to legislate from the bench. We just need the lawyers to talk to the jury, with some sort of moderator to keep things orderly and consistent with court procedures. The moderator should also be aware of relevant case law and state and federal laws.


/No more judges!

culebra: worlddan: milk_plus: If only some sort of constitutional scholar was running for president. . .

That's a stretch. Obama taught constitutional law but he's not a scholar by any means.

So what is a scholar, in your humble estimation?

This

culebra: worlddan: milk_plus: If only some sort of constitutional scholar was running for president. . .

That's a stretch. Obama taught constitutional law but he's not a scholar by any means.

So what is a scholar, in your humble estimation?

Someone who publishes scholarly articles.

baked beans: Every president gets to make hundreds of judicial appointments.

Did they tip over with Nixon? Ford? Carter? Reagan? Bush I? Clinton? Bush II?

Is this just more fear mongering?

Or is Obama going to turn us into socialists?

Or McCain turn us into a theocracy?

These fears get lots of press every presidential election and guess what? Nothing's changed yet.



The reason this is a tipping point is that we had Bush for 8 years before Mccain and

a) Bush installed very right wing judges (McCain will do the same)

b) he installed very YOUNG judges, much younger than previous presidents.

worlddan: culebra: worlddan: milk_plus: If only some sort of constitutional scholar was running for president. . .

That's a stretch. Obama taught constitutional law but he's not a scholar by any means.

So what is a scholar, in your humble estimation?

This

That's about what I was expecting. Emerson informs our modern interpretation of what it is to be scholarly about as well as Plato.

Whine about falling standards if you like, but Obama is most certainly a scholar at present and according to modern concepts of scholarship.

SangamonTaylor: culebra: worlddan: milk_plus: If only some sort of constitutional scholar was running for president. . .

That's a stretch. Obama taught constitutional law but he's not a scholar by any means.

So what is a scholar, in your humble estimation?

Someone who publishes scholarly articles.

Unnecessary according to the definition of the word. There you GOP hacks go again, mistaking your myopic fantasies for the reality in which the rest of us reside.

Someone who publishes scholarly articles.


Like maybe someone who was an editor of the Harvard Law Review?

culebra: worlddan: milk_plus: If only some sort of constitutional scholar was running for president. . .

That's a stretch. Obama taught constitutional law but he's not a scholar by any means.

So what is a scholar, in your humble estimation?

One who regularly publishes law review articles on the subject.

Just as a reminder, McCain's first cabinet-level appointment was Sarah Palin. This is the kind of "fark it, we'll do it live" vetting process he prefers.

Bill Frist: Like maybe someone who was an editor and president of the Harvard Law Review?

A little addition for you.

Ladies, you better stock up on abortions while you have the chance.

culebra: SangamonTaylor: culebra: worlddan: milk_plus: If only some sort of constitutional scholar was running for president. . .

That's a stretch. Obama taught constitutional law but he's not a scholar by any means.

So what is a scholar, in your humble estimation?

Someone who publishes scholarly articles.

Unnecessary according to the definition of the word. There you GOP hacks go again, mistaking your myopic fantasies for the reality in which the rest of us reside.

Seriously, you're stretching things here. Perhaps it is because I'm an attorney (and I'm getting a kick out of the replies). In the legal field "constitutional scholar" is someone who publishes peer reviewed articles in law reviews. People like Richard Epstein, Ronald Dworkin, Kathleen Sullivan, and Laurence H. Tribe.

BigG: Bill Frist: Like maybe someone who was an editor and president of the Harvard Law Review?

A little addition for you.

Being graded onto law review puts you in the same category as about 10 percent of all law school graduates. A nice feather for the cap, but please don't diminish the work of real scholars by putting him in their crowd. This is what a scholar's CV looks like.

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ITT: Republican douchebags that can't allow themselves to admit that a black man could be a scholar.

I heard from some very in-the-know Farkers that both parties are exactly the same, and everyone who thinks otherwise, well, they're all just a bunch of sheeple. So this appointment business shouldn't matter, right?

Most scholars are full of shiat and would not make very good leaders imho.

This is the best reason to vote Obama that there is.

badhatharry: Most scholars are full of shiat and would not make very good leaders imho.

I don't need this working-class-hero crap.

/Probably not obscure, given your user-name.

Mugato: Ladies, you better stock up on abortions while you have the chance.

All the quality ladies will still be able to get abortions if they wish, just a little vacation overseas. And the non-quality ladies will just squirt out the crotchfruit we need to replace the Mezzcans who can't find jobs in Murka no more.

Gotta go, Ow My Balls! is on.

culebra: worlddan: culebra: worlddan: milk_plus: If only some sort of constitutional scholar was running for president. . .

That's a stretch. Obama taught constitutional law but he's not a scholar by any means.

So what is a scholar, in your humble estimation?

This

That's about what I was expecting. Emerson informs our modern interpretation of what it is to be scholarly about as well as Plato.

Whine about falling standards if you like, but Obama is most certainly a scholar at present and according to modern concepts of scholarship.

I'm a liberal Democrat, but even I wouldn't call Obama a Constitutional Scholar. To be a scholar of something you need to be involved in the scholarly conversation that thing, which in most fields (including law) means publishing books and articles on teh subject. Obama did neither while at Chicago.

That said, having taught Con law and having been editor of the Harvard Law Review, I's say that Obama is much better prepared to understand constitutional scholarship that is being produced by others than your average politician.

Though I'm sure if McCain hadn't been in a POW camp, he too would have become editor of the Harvard Law Review.

darthbandon: Make Ron Paul chief justice of the supreme court

Now THAT would actually be a good thing to do with the crazy sonofabiatch - but he's not a lawyer.

iccky: That said, having taught Con law and having been editor of the Harvard Law Review, I's say that Obama is much better prepared to understand constitutional scholarship that is being produced by others than your average politician.

Though I'm sure if McCain hadn't been in a POW camp, he too would have become editor of the Harvard Law Review.

You mean if McCain could have benefited from affirmative action?

Lawnchair: Just as a reminder, McCain's first cabinet-level appointment was Sarah Palin. This is the kind of "fark it, we'll do it live" vetting process he prefers.

SARAH PALIN FOR SCOTUS!

/I threw up a little.