Obama Not Interested in Serving on Supreme Court Despite Clinton Enthusiasm

[IDemo]

Source: ABC News

President Obama is not interested in being a Supreme Court Justice after he leaves the White House, despite Hillary Clinton loving the idea of appointing him were she elected president.

“His aspirations for his post-presidency extend beyond a Supreme Court appointment,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told ABC News Thursday.

“I think as a constitutional lawyer that the president… would have plenty of things and plenty of ideas for how he would do a job like that. But I think his preferences for how he wants to spend his time after he leaves the White House would lie in areas that would give him the opportunity to handle a wider range of issues than just those issues that come before the court,” he said.

While the president has not ruled it out entirely, he previously told the New Yorker he thinks the Court is “too monastic” for him.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obama-interested-serving-supreme-court-clinton-enthusiasm/story?id=36577608

[KamaAina]

1. Rats! I was really looking forward to his confirmation hearings.

[valerief]

2. Right. When I think of Scalia, I think monk.

But I get what he's saying.

[forest444]

6. I think 'monk' too.

As in Jorge de Burgos, the murderous monk in Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose.

You might recall Father Burgos was the blind old monk whose religious intolerance and outright hysteria led to him methodically poison anyone who had come into contact with the secret collection of Aristotle's works in the abbey library.

Scaliar is a fitting heir to that medieval legacy, rather like a cross between Burgos and Jabba the Hutt.

[ErisDiscordia]

11. Or maybe, monkey?

Scalia, Alito, and Thomas

[forest444]

12. Right on.

Those three always were legitimate apes.

[patricia92243]

3. He's a people person and would not be happy in a job that was more bookish than people.

[treestar]

8. This ^^^^^^^

Exactly. I see him as a Jimmy Carter type ex-President.

[Renew Deal]

4. It would be great, but I doubt he could get approved without a filibuster proof Senate.

[onehandle]

5. Good. Hillary needs to put some younger justices on the bench. nt

[treestar]

7. Good!

I thought that would be too confining for him. I'm glad he is doing as I suggest, lol.

[Chemisse]

9. I can't imagine he would want to be chained to ANY job

When instead he can travel the world and pursue any goals he would like. He is still young and has a lot of potential to do good works.

[Sunlei]

10. guarantee this President won't hide out at some ranch or paint pictures when he's done /w WH.

[VMA131Marine]

13. My guess is if the next Pres asked him to serve on SCOTUS he would do it

Until that time, why speculate?

[JoeyT]

14. After the 8 years he's had?

I kind of figure he deserves a rest.

[Stryst]

15. Sure, I can see the current supreme court as a monastary

Under pope Alexander the 6th (aka Roderic Borgia).

[Gothmog]

16. Too bad

President Obama would make a great SCOTUS justice

[DrToast]

17. I don't blame him for not being interested...

But man, he would be an incredible Justice.

[awoke_in_2003]

18. Why would he?

Between his presidential pension and speaking fees, he will never have to work again.