You know who should become the NEXT candidate for the SCOTUS?

[Mind_your_head]

Some obscure judge from the MAINSTREAM (mainstream b/c most of the cases aren't 'high profile', but they sure mean a 'helluva lot to the regular people involved in them!' - which would mean "US" - and there are a LOT Of those cases EVERY DAY).

Someone that no one has never heard of except b/c they were always FAIR and HONEST. Trusted, because THEY trust in other people, knowing that they will be disappointed at times.....

THAT would be a great candidate.....and there are MANY out there.

The MSM has tried to make the whole world "Hollywood"....and it just ain't so. (Be thankful those who live in a reality based world). You're sane. Hollywood is not.

[Horse with no Name]

1. Actually we need someone we know to be fair

So we don't end up with some obscure nutjob (think the freak in the Anna Nicole debacle).

[Mind_your_head]

2. I don't 'KNOW' about the anna nicole nutjob that you're referring to....

but should I? Does Anna Nicole Smith and HER choices affect MY life, and MY choices?

NO, I didn't think so. So why do you even bring it up?

[Horse with no Name]

3. "Judge Larry"??

Has nothing to do with ANS but definitely didn't shine a very bright light on the judiciary.
What about that nutjob judge that sued the Korean dry cleaners for his million dollar pants?
I'm sorry--I'm not being disrespectful to you, but you definitely were to me.
We don't need to find a common, obscure judge to make people "happy". Remember, many of these people were the ones that liked Bush because "you could have a beer with him"?
When that time comes, a jurist with a proven record of fairness needs to be tapped.

[Suich]

4. Yup!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Mind_your_head]

6. There are MANY jurists before us who would 'fit the bill'

The FAIR guy, the HONEST guy, the guy(gal) who you would want to oversee your trial......the compassionate one, who KNOWS that most of our problems we create ourselves.

He's not he guy/gal who you vote for, is it?

Why not?

You're not ANS.....or the old rich guy she married. You're just a regular 'joe'/'jane'. These scenarios get played OVER and OVER and OVER again.......and, guess what? You're not 'special'! You're predictable!

[Hippo_Tron]

5. How about Mike Moore, former AG from Mississippi

He made his name by taking on big tobacco.

IMO, I'd rather that he ran for Senate because he could beat any Republican in Mississippi if Lott or Cochran retire, but both of those guys seem to be interested in staying in the Senate until death.

[chknltl]

7. Yes I do. Randi Rhodes

She'd keep the rest of 'em honest and I know in my heart she would keep WE THE PEOPLE posted on the important stuff.... so really, what more do we need? Before someone tells me what more we need, ask yourself, if she was in there just after the last election, would shrub be POTUS right now? I rest my case. :patriot:

[cynatnite]

8. She'd have to promise to play that boobie song of hers at every session...

before she got my support. :smoke:

[chknltl]

9. You know what? I was sorta thinkin that too!

I swear, I really was thinkin how fun it would be if "Bounce Your Boobies" played on the floor of the Supreme Court! :thumbsup:

[Mind_your_head]

10. Pffft......

stupid.

(on edit: don't mean YOU, of course)

[Blue_In_AK]

11. I'm a legal transcriptionist

I type trial transcripts all day every day, and I know for a fact we have some fair, honest and thoughtful judges here in Alaska. Some are better than others, of course, but I would put any one of them up against Joseph Alito (for instance) any day.

[Blue_In_AK]

18. Samuel Alito, I mean.

What was I thinking?

[Chipster]

12. What About Bruce Fein?

He's spoken out for impeachment.

[Horse with no Name]

13. But he is very conservative

We have ENOUGH of that now.

[Marr]

14. I say take a page from Bush. Put someone up there that is just a big

"fuck you" to everyone on the other side. Justice Michael Moore. Yeah, that sounds nice. Oh- how about Justice Katrina VandenHeuval? Or Justice Chomsky?

Seriously-- that's the level of Bush's appointments. How do you suppose the establishment would react to such an approach from the other side of the aisle?

[blogslut]

15. I nominate this lady

http://www.txnd.uscourts.gov/judges/robinson.html

Her page doesn't begin to describe her accomplishments. Here's a bit more:

Judge Mary Lou Robinson – Samuel Pessarra Outstanding Jurist Award for exhibiting an exceptionally outstanding reputation for competency, efficiency and integrity. Judge Robinson received her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1950 and entered private practice with her husband, A.J. Robinson. In 1955, she was elected to the Potter County Court at Law and began a remarkable 50 continuous years of service on the bench. Although eligible to elect senior status, she continues to serve on active status. In 1973, she became the first woman appellate judge in Texas and in 1977, was appointed chief justice of the court, making her the first female chief justice in Texas. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter appointed her U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division. In 2002, she was named one of the Outstanding 50-Year Lawyers. She is a Life Fellow of the Bar Foundation.

link: http://www.texasbar.com/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=15263&TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm

And, oh yeah, she was the judge for this case:

Gain for Winfrey in Suit By Beef Producers in Texas
By SAM HOWE VERHOVEK

Federal Judge Mary Lou Robinson rules Texas beef producers cannot use Texas food-defamation law as basis for their suit against television talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, who aired Apr 1996 show on possible threat of mad cow disease to American beef supply; finds cattlemen failed to make case under law during four weeks of arguments, effectively casting doubt on when law might be appropriately used; allows trial to continue as common-law business disparagement case, which experts say is far harder...

link: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9407E0DE153FF93BA25751C0A96E958260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fW%2fWinfrey%2c%20Oprah

Plus one more very important point. Her late husband survived the Bataan Death March, so I think her opinions on torture would be exceedingly important to the SCOTUS and the future of this nation.

[krispos42]

16. Judge Anna Diggs Taylor

She's the one that threw out the Terrorist Surveillence Program. She's in Detroit

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

[AnotherGreenWorld]

17. someone from the ACLU