Wednesday, November 03, 2004

The Supreme Court

Even before the second Bush term starts, it seems guaranteed that sometime early in that term (or perhaps sooner) we will be faced with one of the ultimate polarizing issues -- who should be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

Accepting the fact that George Bush is a Republican who was just reelected based in large part by votes of social conservatives, I still think that Scalia or Thomas are not realistic choices. In my view, his best choice might be to elevate Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, a moderate conservative. Obviously, Bush would also have to nominate someone to replace Kennedy and I could go on at length about this topic, but I will stop here and we can hash it out in the comments (to the extent people are interested).

(For cross-post at Centerfield and comments there, click here.)

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