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He'd be a great, inspired pick for anyone but the real reason he won't be appointed is his age. Politically the dominant strategy is to appoint justices that ca
by Steko 14y ago
He'd be a great, inspired pick for anyone but the real reason he won't be appointed is his age. Politically the dominant strategy is to appoint justices that can be expected to hold the seat for at least two decades.
- _delirium 14y agoYes, I think he's got a problem there, because his best chance is the Democrats picking him, but his best fit is with the Republicans, for whom he isn't orthodox enough. If a Democratic president picked him, he'd probably be confirmed: he has enough "non-left" background for bipartisan credibility (a Chicago-school law-and-economics background), but has enough left-leaning positions that at least some Dems shouldn't find him impossible to support. But, he's 72, which limits his appeal as a bipartisan choice. And as a straight Republican nominee has has problems on things like abortion. So I would guess he's not destined for the Supreme Court.