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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSign the petition: Joe Biden for the Supreme Court.
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https://www.change.org/p/barack-obama-tell-obama-joe-biden-for-the-supreme-court
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Sign the petition: Joe Biden for the Supreme Court. (Original Post)
EdwardBernays
Feb 2016
OP
He's too old. If we have a new liberal on the court I want him/her there for a long time.
shraby
Feb 2016
#10
I love Uncle Joe but hope for someone much younger since it's a lifetime appt.
DawgHouse
Feb 2016
#12
berniepdx420
(1,784 posts)1. NO thanks.. he is a third way corporatist as well
EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)2. Well...
That's a totally reasonable position.
berniepdx420
(1,784 posts)5. Thanks... good day sir
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)3. Too old.
We need someone that will sit on the bench for years without worrying about them dropping dead at any moment.
enough
(13,259 posts)9. Absolutely agree. (nt)
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)4. Petitions will have zero effect on the President's decision
EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)6. That's true eom
artislife
(9,497 posts)7. Sorry but no
But I think we need to look at these three.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027607204
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)8. They only want 100 signatures?
What is that supposed to accomplish?
shraby
(21,946 posts)10. He's too old. If we have a new liberal on the court I want him/her there for a long time.
Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)11. Why would anyone assume Biden would
WANT to be a supreme court justice?
DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)12. I love Uncle Joe but hope for someone much younger since it's a lifetime appt.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)13. No. We want relatively young appointees
who will be around for a LOOOOOOOOONG time. As, for example, Scalia was after St Ronnie appointed him.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)14. Hardly a brilliant jurist.
Its not a popularity contest.
Carolina
(6,960 posts)15. No way
too old, voted aye on IWR, and poor treatment he allowed of Anita Hill when he was chair of Senate Juficiary committee
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)16. Nope. I want a 40-something/early 50s judge
who will be on the bench for a generation or two.