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Chief Justice Orrin Hatch
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I'm liking Sen. Orrin Hatch. I have no idea if his name will ever be floated, perhaps I should get it out there. But I've always thought Hatch was an intelligent, decent, efficient man who cares deeply for the nation.
When I heard the sad news that Chief Justice Rehnquist passed away, for whatever reason, Hatch just popped into my head.
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Originally Posted by spacefreak
I'm liking Sen. Orrin Hatch. I have no idea if his name will ever be floated, perhaps I should get it out there. But I've always thought Hatch was an intelligent, decent, efficient man who cares deeply for the nation.
When I heard the sad news that Chief Justice Rehnquist passed away, for whatever reason, Hatch just popped into my head.
Your post was the first I'd heard of Rehnquist's passing. 
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Originally Posted by spacefreak
I'm liking Sen. Orrin Hatch. I have no idea if his name will ever be floated, perhaps I should get it out there. But I've always thought Hatch was an intelligent, decent, efficient man who cares deeply for the nation.
When I heard the sad news that Chief Justice Rehnquist passed away, for whatever reason, Hatch just popped into my head.
I doubt they're take a senator and put him/her into the Supreme Court. More likely it will be a judge of some sort.
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Originally Posted by goMac
I doubt they're take a senator and put him/her into the Supreme Court. More likely it will be a judge of some sort.
More than likely, yes. But there IS a precedent for choosing from outside the ranks of judges.
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Ya know, I was kinda lookin forward to a nominee named Clinton. (pick one)
Boy, this will be something. How many times has a president had 2 at the same time?
It'll almost be as good as FDR wanting to go to 13, so the New Deal could float.
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Originally Posted by cavepainter
Ya know, I was kinda lookin forward to a nominee named Clinton. (pick one)
Boy, this will be something. How many times has a president had 2 at the same time?
It'll almost be as good as FDR wanting to go to 13, so the New Deal could float.
Clinton? So you don't want someone fair in the court? I don't trust either of Clintons farther than I can throw them
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Originally Posted by cavepainter
Ya know, I was kinda lookin forward to a nominee named Clinton. (pick one)
Boy, this will be something. How many times has a president had 2 at the same time?
It'll almost be as good as FDR wanting to go to 13, so the New Deal could float.
The last time there were two openings at the same time was when Rehnquist was appointed. In 1971, and Justice Rehnquist was one of the Judges appointed (by President Nixon) to fill one of those vacancies.
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Originally Posted by OSX Abuser
Has anyone ever been put onto the Supreme Court as a Chief Justice??
Yes, it's the norm. In fact, as far as I am aware, Rehnquist was the first and only Chief Justice who was already on the Court as an Associate Justice.
Something to bear in mind in the next few months is this. The job of Chief Justice isn't especially more powerful than any other justice on the court. They are very much a club of equals. The only real additional power that the Chief Justice has is the administrative duty of assigning cases to a justice (or himself). That can have an effect on the way a case's opinion is written up, but it won't by itself generally change the outcome of a case. That's decided by the votes of all nine justices.
What I want to know is this. Will Chief Justice Roberts wear Rehnquist's Gilbert and Sullivan stripes on his robes?
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Originally Posted by SimeyTheLimey
[A]s far as I am aware, Rehnquist was the first and only Chief Justice who was already on the Court as an Associate Justice.
AFAIK, there were two other associate justices who were "promoted" to chief justice, Justice White and Justice Stone.
--ranga
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Well, either Clinton would be just as fair as, say, Scalia/Thomas.
And, reguardless of politics, ya gotta admit, both brilliant legal minds. I mean like, "It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is?"
Saw an interview w/Sen Leahy, about Roberts. His take is he wants someone he feels would hear his case, or mine, or yours, or any American, fairly.
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