If Alito's nomination hits the skids, Who is waiting in the wings?

[hang a left]

I have been thinking about this today. What if Alito isn't SUPPOSED to sail to confirmation. Is there someone else that could be worse but, without a record to investigate???

[tinfoilinfor2005]

1. Heck-of-a-job Brownie?

:)

[babylonsister]

2. I honestly can't imagine anyone worse, so, being an optimist,

there probably is. :( Thanks for that.

[stepnw1f]

3. Satan Himself... Uh.. I mean, Bush (nt)

[Ian David]

4. Judge Roy Moore

Roy Moore
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Roy Stuart Moore (born February 11, 1947) is an American jurist often referred to as the "Ten Commandments" judge. On November 14, 2003, was removed from his post as Chief Justice of Alabama by a unanimous decision of the nine member state Court of the Judiciary. The Court found that he had "willfully and publicly" flouted a court order to remove a monument from the rotunda of the state judicial building, placing himself in contempt of the federal court which had ordered the removal, and thereby breaking his oath of office. Roy Moore and his supporters regard his defiant stand as a defense of States' Rights, the Constitution of Alabama, and an act of interposition analagous to the actions of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. Opponents, meanwhile, contend that Moore's actions blurred the line between separation of church and state.

Moore is a controversial figure in Alabama, highly regarded and supported by some conservative Christians but considered by other Alabamians to be seeking media attention for personal and political gain. He has announced he will seek the Governorship of Alabama in 2006.

More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore

See also:

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=11927

[Zenlitened]

5. Good. We certainly don't want one o' them ACTIVIST JUDGES.

:sarcasm:

[Ian David]

6. Judge Donald Thompson

"Pump" Judge Gets Popped
Charge former Oklahoma jurist with exposing self on bench



JANUARY 21--The Oklahoma judge who was forced from the bench last year for using a penis pump in court (among other really gross acts) was charged yesterday with indecent exposure for his judicial indiscretions. Donald Thompson, 58, entered a not guilty plea yesterday to three felony counts during an appearance in Creek County District Court, where he worked until resigning last August. According to the below yucky probable cause affidavit, Thompson exposed himself during three separate 2003 cases (two of which were murder trials). For example, on May 13, while he was presiding over State v. Kurt Arnold Vomberg (who was accused of killing his girlfriend's 21-month-old daughter), Thompson loudly pumped himself up. Two court employees told investigators that they saw Thompson (pictured in the mug shot at right) attach the suction device to his penis, while five jurors reported hearing whooshing sounds, which they thought were coming from either a bicycle pump, blood pressure cuff, or an air cushion on the judge's chair. After a January 7 search of Thompson's former courtroom and chambers yielded items that tested positive for seminal fluid, investigators secured a search warrant to obtain a DNA sample from the ex-jurist. During testimony last year before the Council on Judicial Complaints, Thompson denied masturbating on the bench, using the penis pump, or depositing urine or semen into a wastebasket under his bench. Thompson's demise was triggered by a complaint filed against him last June by the Oklahoma Attorney General, who sought to oust the jurist for a variety of illicit behavior, which the AG detailed in a removal petition. Along with using the penis pump, Thompson also allegedly shaved and oiled his private parts, according to accounts given to state investigators by a clerk, trial witnesses, and a court reporter. If convicted of the indecent exposure counts, Thompson could face a maximum of 10 years in prison on each charge. (7 pages)

More:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0121051judge1.html

[hang a left]

8. ewww

I remember that story. Yucky! :yoiks:

[Ian David]

7. What's the name of the judge who said...

"There's a cold wind blowing from Canada. Better throw another Jew on the fire"?

I bet the Republicans would nominate him.

[Orangepeel]

9. I've been out. Was he caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy?

(as the old political saying goes). Otherwise, he's getting confirmed.