How about Russ Feingold for Supreme Court Justice?

:shrug:

I mean, he's independent, fair, unbiased, has plenty empathy and life experience...and doggone it...he's young enough. Ok, so he's not a Hispanic Female, but still, he'd be a great pick if looking outside the bench in an inspirational way!

I'd just like to see him disagree with the RW cabal over there! Just thinking about it would be sweet! :)

After graduating from Joseph A. Craig High School, Feingold attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in 1975, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. He went to Magdalen College at the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship in 1977, where he earned another Bachelor of Arts degree. Upon returning to the U.S., he attended Harvard Law School, receiving his J.D. with honors in 1979.<4>

A recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, Feingold is known for his cosponsorship of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act ("McCain–Feingold Act"), a major piece of campaign finance reform legislation. He was also the only Senator to vote against the USA PATRIOT Act during its first vote.

Feingold worked as an attorney at the private law firms of Foley & Lardner and La Follette & Sinykin from 1979 until 1985.<5>

In 1982, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate, where he served for ten years until his election to the United States Senate. In 1987, he joined the "Bowtie Brigade," a coalition of grassroots activists and local-level politicians who backed the presidential candidacy of bowtie-clad Senator Paul Simon of Illinois.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Feingold#Career

I don't think we can risk anymore open Senate seats right now. The replacements are turning into circuses.

please don't pull out anymore Senators, especially not progressive ones.

There's always Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton to be appointed by the current Dem Governor. And Barbara Lawton is great!

He's empathetic.....I think that's important! Heck, Andrew Sullivan is Gay....but I wouldn't want him as a justice.

She's a lawyer...

... next thing you're gonna be getting down on hedonism.

Though, if it's a Bobby Kennedy Rule, maybe you're right. I wouldn't want her to get Bobby Kennedy'd.

You can't hire relatives for cabinet positions or to work in your Congressional offices is what it says, pretty much.

Not sure about Supreme nominations, but I don't think that would go over too well!

It would be one thing if they weren't qualified... but Bobby Kennedy sure seemed to be able to do the job. Of course, he was killed before I was even born... so what the hell do I know?
All the same, that's a solution to nepotism that's so hamfisted that it undermines meritocratism... potentially at least.

brothers or sisters for "no show" or "no work" staff jobs back in the old days. After this law was passed, those jobs went to the mistresses!

Now, they actually have to work at it if they want to play the nepotism game, and find another congressman to trade with them--I'll hire your husband if you hire my wife, that kind of thing. And the workers actually have to show up and do a little work.

I don't think it includes grandkids. I seem to remember they tried to nail someone, Maxine Waters, maybe, for hiring a grandson as an intern.

The Bobby Kennedy thing wasn't without controversy. Amongst Democrats, it was no big deal/great/swell--and the "Ethel and the zillion kids" and Hickory Hill mystique all added to the "Kennedy story," the gossip and crap that has nothing to do with governance (like the Obama kids and dog and the wife's clothes, etc.) but that the public just eats up with a big fat spoon.

The GOP, though, were bullshit--they were like wet hens about it.

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Enough, already. I am hoping for a female nominee whose personal heritage includes the Spanish language. I think we need more representation that looks like a substantial segment of America ....and tangentially, will delight a branch of my family, as well.

This guy is a simple man, a labor lawyer who has fought for years in the trenches. He would make an impact on the SCOTUS.

:-)

But all things aren't anywhere near equal given the scandal of having only one female member among nine Supremes. I have to think that the better course for Obama is to choose a female justice from the many well-qualified candidates.

so we can put a con-law lightweight on the Supreme Court. That's a win/win, all right.

:shrug:

Prosecutor, Legislator, Governor.

but is picking a person who is the most qualified for a position even allowed by Democrats anymore?

But I could go for a Justice Feingold.