Focus (Forum & Focus)
Dec. 21, 2007
The Next Supreme Court Justice?
Forum Column - By Tom Goldstein - Recent speculation that Bill Clinton could be appointed to the Supreme Court if his wife becomes president ignores the fact that the former president has none of the three traits that will mark future nominees.
By Tom Goldstein
P epperdine Law professor (and Mitt Romney adviser) Doug Kmiec predicts in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed ("Justice Clinton?" Dec. 15, 2007) that, if elected, Hillary Clinton may appoint husband Bill to the Supreme Court. It's a provocative notion - one spouse appointing another to the high court. But while Kmiec is among our most insightful legal thinkers, this particular idea has zero chance...
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