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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe ULTIMATE revenge? Joe nominates Hillary for SCOTUS seat
wouldn't that be amazing?
Paladin
(28,264 posts)CatWoman
(79,302 posts)SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)BComplex
(8,053 posts)I'll support her any day!
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)BComplex
(8,053 posts)MissMillie
(38,560 posts)someone who will sit in that seat for a LONG TIME!
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Volaris
(10,272 posts)I'd appoint her AG.
Let her sign HER NAME to the bottom of every federal indictment Team Treasonweasel has earned for themselves...that would be an appropriate form of justice for what was done to her.
They'll scream their fool bloody heads off (it will be great hahaha!).
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)fifties and sixties. There are lots of young, very capable, progressive legal minds out there, those people need to be on the bench.
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)If he wanted it?
wnylib
(21,487 posts)But I don't know if he would accept it.
OrlandoDem2
(2,065 posts)But she could be Sec of State again.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)A Younger person needs to be SOS, lots of travelling around.
Pete Buttigieg would be great for this role, I think
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Terry_M
(745 posts)But I think she'd have a good time as attorney general
A very good time.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)pandr32
(11,588 posts)...or AG.
Mike Nelson
(9,959 posts)... she would ask him to pick someone younger, and she may even have some recommendations. However, there are some roles Hillary could play in the Biden Administration, along with Obama. I think having Hillary & Obama around would be great for Crooked Donald!
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)leave her be.
the obamas, too.
delisen
(6,044 posts)as did Al Gore.
Neither seems to seek some revenge or consolation prize for the failure of our democracy.
It is our failure not theirs. They are each proceeding with the important work they have always done.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)too old to maintain the seat for decades to come, which is what's needed. Supreme Court appointees should be younger than, say, 55 in order to ensure that the appointed Justice can stay on the court for as long as possible.
tinrobot
(10,903 posts)Katie's a law professor, and plenty qualified.
tblue37
(65,406 posts)Bradshaw3
(7,522 posts)For the mountain of crimes committed by this administration that have gone unprosecuted.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Vinca
(50,278 posts)I'd prefer someone younger, though, so they'll be there for decades. Susan Rice would be good.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Allen Shiff or some of the other constitutional scholars from the impeachment trial?
Johnny2X2X
(19,066 posts)Make her attorney general!!!!
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)nominate Michelle Obama - she's a few years younger than Barack.
Hillary Clinton and Merrick Garland are older than you want in a SCOTUS judge.
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)Someone in their early forties would be good.
Wanderlust988
(509 posts)She's too old for the Court.
OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)GusFring
(756 posts)la-trucker
(283 posts)several presidents in the future. Someone in the early 40's.
oasis
(49,389 posts)would have to be put on hold until the next seat came open.
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)Let's put a decent liberal on the bench that can stay there for a few decades instead.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)tritsofme
(17,380 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,130 posts)too old as well. He was too old even when Obama nominated him. You can't nominate somebody in their 60s or 70s for the court now. It's a lifetime appointment and there's no reason to give another president a chance to nominate a replacement in just 10 or 15 years.
Na, gotta get a person in their 40s who can ride that seat for decades.
yellowdogintexas
(22,264 posts)I think White served up into his 90s . Now that was a flaming liberal right there.
zak247
(251 posts)And when Joe wins he can appoint her for sainthood then.
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)she doesn't retire
JI7
(89,252 posts)And she would not be able to give her opinion on anything she wants .
Same goes for Obama and Michelle anytime someone mentions them.
Celerity
(43,412 posts)the leader.
He will block any Democratic POTUS-nominated SCOTUS pick for 4 years or until they lose the Senate. Same for many cabinet positions. Hillary Clinton will NEVER get a vote in a Rethug run Senate for anything.
DFW
(54,405 posts)My vote goes to her for our next Supreme Court Justice. In a tight vote, Tim Scott would never vote against her, either.
JI7
(89,252 posts)patphil
(6,182 posts)We need someone, preferably a woman, who can help shape Judicial decisions for 30 years or more.
I would like to see someone like Katie Porter, or Stacy Abrams on the Supreme Court.
DeanMH
(12 posts)Nominate Hillary as v.p.? She was damaged goods in 2016 and she's still damaged goods in 2020. Time to think of the party's future and not live off of the past. I would bet it will be a woman v.p. nominee. If not, a black male.
niyad
(113,344 posts)Nitram
(22,822 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,264 posts)karynnj
(59,504 posts)Even if her background fit better, it would be better to pick someone younger. This is not to attack Hillary, I would say the same of John Kerry, who had a short, accomplished career as a lawyer and prosecutor when he was younger.
OverBurn
(951 posts)Warren_Pointe
(328 posts)ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)But we need someone 30 years younger
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)not_the_one
(2,227 posts)this would be about giving a woman her due...
And Biden is going to be able to appoint several more. Kavanaugh, Thomas, Gorsuch at a minimum. But first, Hillary could replace Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Hillary won the presidency by almost 3,000,000 votes, but lost due to Electoral College manipulation by the two biggest enemies of this country, Trump and Putin. And we did nothing. We should have been in the streets, but instead, we sat with our collective thumbs up our collective asses, because "technically" it was a win. But it was a technical win based on cheating.
We sat back and waited for deliverance by the "system". What we got was a toothless Mueller putting out a report that he refused to stand behind, a Roy Cohn attorney general in Bill Barr who blatantly lied about the report. Mueller could do nothing more than send a "strongly worded" letter, then fade into obscurity. EVERYONE knew he lied, but nothing was done. Barr said himself that Mueller could have filed indictments if he wanted. Still, Mueller did nothing. The judicial system works at such a glacial pace for manipulated political cases, by the time the issues involved are resolved it is moot, and no one gives a fuck any longer.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is one of the most qualified people to ever win the presidency.
She deserves SOMETHING for her tireless work over decades, and for putting up with the most profound pile of shit ANY politician has EVER had to endure. WE OWE HER.
Besides, the republicans would clutch their pearls, fall on their fainting settee, and shit their pants while their head explodes. That alone would be worth it. This is one act of "revenge" that I am all in for.
Nothing would make me happier, and give me such hope for the future.
We would be so lucky, yet we really don't deserve her.