Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.
The most important qualification for the next Supreme Court nominee…
Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.
The most important qualification for the next Supreme Court nominee…
…is that he can correctly answer the question “What is best in life?“.
…virgin birth.
…strict constructionist experience in the construction industry.
. . . is an opposable thumb
. . . is that he attended law school at Harvard or Yale, just like Antonin Scalia and the eight current members of the court
. . . is that he have been a member of the Choom Gang
. . . , as far as I’m concerned, is that he not be appointed by Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, or Donald Trump.
…is that he or she be apolitically politically apolitical.
What Iowa Jim said @5–and strong belief that the Constitution enumerates the powers of the federal government, not of the people nor the states.
The most important qualification for the next Supreme Court nominee…
balls
…a confirmable native American blood line. (recipe books may help)
…a firm understanding that the Constitution is ‘up for grabs.’
The most important qualification for the next Supreme Court nominee…
reading comprehension.
not having a subscription to the NYT.
The most important qualification for the next Supreme Court nominee…
…he can relate any situation to a Seinfeld episode.
…a clear understanding that the US Constitution does not breathe and is the only document to refer to when making decisions.
…the ability to share a collegial relationship with Ruth Bader Ginsberg…
…avoiding hunting lodges at all times…
…a passing acquaintance with the Constitution and Bill of Rights…
…an aversion to foreign law as precedent…
..a concealed carry permit and a fluffy robe.
The most important qualification for the next Supreme Court nominee…
According to Obama’s track record, it would be a political and legal IQ less than 40.
…looks like Ginsberg on paper, acts like Scalia once appointed.
…there are qualifications?
…drawing the longest straw.
…is that they’ve hosted a courtroom based reality show.
…refuses to genuflect to the Pope.
@4: “. . . is that he have been a member of the Choom Gang”
(a good qualification for the highest court in the land)
… can answer me these questions three:
Do you file boxers or briefs?
Do you know how to drive a judicial Fiat?
Are you Plessy whipped?
… willing to impose common-sense limits on high-capacity novelty gavels.
… keeps penumbras and emanations to a minimum when in the Supreme Court elevator.
… willing to share game cartridges for judicial Activision.
… covered the point spread in Marbury vs. Madison.
…understands that, when it comes to questions of corporate law and government finance, “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” aren’t.
…. must believe that sitting on the bench is as important as being in the game.
…knows that the difference between a constitution and constipation is a matter of (a law) degree.
… needs to believe the whole Constitution is greater than the sum of it’s parse.
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…understands that the text of the Constitution is just words, but its actual meaning is his alone to guess at.
… Obama will insist on someone who is amicus bi-curiae.
…must truly believe in his heart that lawyers, unlike economists, know what they’re talking about.
@33: In all fairness, there’s at least one lawyer here who does know what she’s talking about: I nominate Crabby Old Bat to the Supreme Court!
… is agreed to by both Hillary and the NRA: the nominee should be cocked, loaded, and have one in the chamber.
Oppo forgot to take his meds again.
@13 …avoiding hunting lodges at all times…
I want to know where Cheney was at the time. We all know how he is with lawyers (judges) at hunting lodges.
…the realization that the Constitution is a fluid, and organic document that, like Gaia, is fabulously alive and constantly evolving with all the good will of a democratically enlightened people who have learned to thoroughly enjoy their lives on government entitlements.
Someone who can solve complex issues with clarity as Alexander did with the Gordian knot.
Knows that government is the root of all evil.
Someone handle he following: “Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see.”
The most important qualification for the next Supreme Court nominee…
he must be a Muslim of course, for Pete’s sake otherwise what kind of country would we be?
The most important qualification for the next Supreme Court nominee… is weighing as much as a duck.
…is that they proscribe to Shakespeare’s’ opinion regarding all lawyers (2 Henry VI, 4.2.59)