Sen. John Cornyn for the Supreme Court?

[quaoar]

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html

We've all heard some of the names on George W. Bush's Supreme Court short list. There's J. Michael Luttig and J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Michael McConnell of the 10th Circuit, John Roberts Jr. of the District of Columbia Circuit, Emilio Garza of the Fifth Circuit and a handful of other judges from hither and yon.

Then there's this rather novel candidate: Texas Sen. John Cornyn. Legal Times mentioned Cornyn as a possible contender last week, and the Houston Chronicle picks up the story today. A Cornyn aide says his boss "is very happy being a senator" but wouldn't rule out the possibility of serving on the Supreme Court someday.

It's the rest of us who ought to be ruling it out.

It was Cornyn, after all, who wondered recently whether the recent spate of violence against judges and their families might be the fault not of crazed criminals but rather of an out-of-control judiciary. "I don't know if there is a cause-and-effect connection," Cornyn said in April, "but we have seen some recent episodes of courthouse violence in this country. And I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters, on some occasions, where judges are making political decisions yet are unaccountable to the public, that it builds up and builds up and builds up to the point where some people engage in, engage in violence. Certainly without any justification, but a concern that I have."

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1. I'd go with Jim Jones before I'd go with John Cornyn for that job.

Cornyn is half a mutation away from a biological monster.

An extraordinarily bad U.S. Senator, IMO.

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. I wonder how old he is

Bush will probably want to appoint someone who is fairly young to the court. Part of the political brilliance of appointing Clarence Thomas is that he will probably serve 30 years or more on the court.

[Pithy Cherub]

3. The goal is to get a republican pol on the court.

Cornyn has no redeeming value as a litigator or legislator. This is about the famous rule that "the Senate Club" won't turn on one of its own. (John Tower needed to be confirmed by Dems - this is a whole new ball game.) Ted Olson just as bad, would be on the short list for the same reasons. Justice Orin "Escape Accountability" Hatch would really put a spanner in the works too..

[acmejack]

4. OMG!

He is 53 and in excellent health. He is another of * old biddies, was his AG when he was gov.

[NoPasaran]

5. Perhaps he'll make maniacal threats against himself n/t