tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post112620406283155880..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Next Supreme Court JusticeHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1126292837214051832005-09-09T15:07:00.000-04:002005-09-09T15:07:00.000-04:00"I understand that it's not a new thing but the ce..."I understand that it's not a new thing but the central flaw of conservativism (in the original sense of the term) has always been that not everything old is good."<BR/><BR/>To paraphrase Hoffer, conservatives as we recognize them today are, in fact, quite radical.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1126291900512418402005-09-09T14:51:00.000-04:002005-09-09T14:51:00.000-04:00This is one place JFE and I agree. McConnell is t...This is one place JFE and I agree. McConnell is the strongest mind, in my view, of the bunch acceptable to the right. I've read his stuff and have quoted him in my scholarly work. He's great.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1126290963282785962005-09-09T14:36:00.000-04:002005-09-09T14:36:00.000-04:00I'd do backflips if McConnell were nominated to re...I'd do backflips if McConnell were nominated to replace O'Connor. He's the very best kind of conservative a liberal like myself could hope for: intelligent, reasonable, and a clear thinker.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1126225046469168372005-09-08T20:17:00.000-04:002005-09-08T20:17:00.000-04:00Just to add a little legal background, it is not a...Just to add a little legal background, it is not a new thing to name a new justice as the Chief. Not new at all. The most famous example is Earl Warren.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1126218479043055092005-09-08T18:27:00.000-04:002005-09-08T18:27:00.000-04:00I don't agree with Miranda that the short list is ...I don't agree with Miranda that the short list is restricted to his three categories. I still think Luttig and McConnell are in the running.<BR/><BR/>I adore Scalia, and daydreaming about the phrase "Scalia Court" makes the back of my neck tingle. But Scalia would be a terrible Chief Justice, and I doubt he's very interested in the job anyway. He relishes his role as a bomb-thrower and writer of biting criticisms of his court colleagues. He'd have to cut all that stuff out if he were Chief Justice. It's much more about temperament than experience, anyway; if someone's fit to be nominated, they know how to be a justice from the moment they sit down behind the bench. Roberts already knows how the court works; he's argued a bazillion cases before them, and won most of them.<BR/><BR/>I think Clarence Thomas would have been a fine Chief Justice too, and suspect that the prospect of three confirmation battles might have led to him being passed over when he otherwise would have been considered.Kathy Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851875819094837357noreply@blogger.com