# My nominee for the Supreme Court is.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nominee-for-the-supreme-court-is/494984 "2009-05-01T16:21:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nominee-for-the-supreme-court-is/494984/1 "2009-05-01T16:21:22Z")
Given a filibuster-proof Democratic majority in the Senate, there is only one possible choice - the corpse of Robert Mapplethorpe!! ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nominee-for-the-supreme-court-is/494984/2 "2009-05-01T17:01:25Z")
He wasn’t a lawyer, and he’s dead, so I don’t see the point. My suggestion would be Ralph Nader. Obama is extremely unlikely to nominate him, but the nomination would drive the tighty righties completely batshit crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nominee-for-the-supreme-court-is/494984/3 "2009-05-01T18:37:14Z")
Hell, if it’s outright head exploding we’re going for, I’d suggest Bill Ayers. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nominee-for-the-supreme-court-is/494984/4 "2009-05-02T05:35:38Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Hell, if it’s outright head exploding we’re going for, I’d suggest Bill Ayers. Better yet, Bill Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nominee-for-the-supreme-court-is/494984/5 "2009-05-02T08:34:46Z")
Anita Hill ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nominee-for-the-supreme-court-is/494984/6 "2009-05-02T13:49:41Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Anita Hill Agh! Beaten to the punch. I had always hoped that Clinton would have nominated her, and now with Obama my dreams are restored and then some. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nominee-for-the-supreme-court-is/494984/7 "2009-05-02T18:03:51Z")
Harry Anderson. We need a fun Justice. Second choice, Judge Judy. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nominee-for-the-supreme-court-is/494984/8 "2009-05-02T19:57:31Z")
**Bricker**. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nominee-for-the-supreme-court-is/494984/9 "2009-05-02T20:46:02Z")
[Lis Wiehl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis_Wiehl), who deserves better than being a second-string show-trial expert for Faux News. My concern, however, is that after the enrobing and the being seated behind the bench, her legs will never be seen again. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nominee-for-the-supreme-court-is/494984/10 "2009-05-02T21:58:19Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Anita Hill That’s actually been a serious question in some circles, but she has already turned down the idea. But that would be a kick, though, wouldn’t it? heh I DO like the idea of Bill Clinton … _giggle_ If I were a news org, I’d be sure to have cameras trained on Ken Starr (among other people) when he got the news. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nominee-for-the-supreme-court-is/494984/11 "2009-05-03T00:29:11Z")
Judge Wapner Judge Amy Judge Judy ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2009, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nominee-for-the-supreme-court-is/494984/12 "2009-05-03T10:05:47Z")
**[Vincent Bugliosi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Bugliosi)**, since President Obama didn’t take my amazingly brilliant advice and make him Attorney General. Among the many, many advantages is that it would cause 1) some of the other Supreme Court justice’s heads to explode (you know, because of [this book](http://www.amazon.com/Betrayal-America-Undermined-Constitution-President/dp/156025355X)\*), and therefore give President Obama more chances to appoint, and 2)[this book](http://www.amazon.com/Prosecution-George-W-Bush-Murder/dp/B001IWO88O/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b) would cause the heads of many many freepers and other right-wingers to explode, and that’s always fun to watch. That he can also pop some of those tedious [JFK conspiracy theorists](http://www.amazon.com/Reclaiming-History-Assassination-President-Kennedy/dp/0393045250/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241344229&sr=1-6) at the same time is an added bonus. The Republicans can’t even bitch that he’s a liberal Democrat, because he’s a conservative Republican! Just one who happens to believe in the letter of the law, and the constitution, two things many conservative Republicans/freepers don’t understand or believe in. But, ah well, maybe we’ll have to wait until after the mid-terms, or for President Obama’s 2nd term. \*an expansion of this classic article, [“None Dare Call It Treason.”](http://www.thenation.com/doc/20010205/bugliosi)