Who should Obama choose to replace Ted Olson

[Winterblues]

Ted Olson is currently arguing in Extreme Court to allow a Mine in Alaska to dump it's tailings into a lake. It has been determined that the tailings are toxic and it is against Environmental standards. It went to court and the mine lost, it then went to Appeals court (9th Circuit) and mine lost again, and we all know what Conservatives think of the 9th Circuit Court, so it is now in front of the Right Wing Extreme Court with Ted Olson very aggressively arguing for the Government that the mine should be allowed to do this.. What happens if the case is still being argued after Obama become President, does Ted go bye bye or will he be allowed to continue on with this lousy case...By the way there are alternatives to dumping the tailings into Slate Lake. There is dry stacking and other alternatives as well, but the mine refuses to even consider them..

[SteppingRazor]

1. It's been done:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/05/elena-kagan-obamas-solici_n_155288.html

[Winterblues]

3. Does she need Senate approval do you know?

How soon can she take over and get that complete ass out of there?

[SteppingRazor]

5. Well, first off, I'm a little confused, because Ted Olson hasn't been S-G since 2004.

But in any case, I don't think Kagan will have much of a problem getting confirmed. She's got a fat resume and is largely controversy-free.

[Winterblues]

7. I don't blame you

I did not hear the radio announcer correctly it appears. He must have said past Solicitor General and I didn't hear the past part.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkSKUKMqbEFxpkZhBiOBx4ZWDizgD95LQO780
But mining company lawyer Theodore Olson told justices that the waste is more accurately defined as "fill." And, after a decade or more of mining, he said, the lake could be restocked with no permanent harm to the environment.
"There will be more fish in a bigger lake, and more livable conditions for the fish and the aquatic life after this process is finished," Olson said.
Justice David Souter called that logic "Orwellian." He said the mining company, Coeur Alaska Inc., and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which granted a permit for the mine, were "defining away" the problem by calling the wastewater discharge fill.
"When you are destroying the entire living (bodies) of this lake, it seems to me that it's getting Orwellian to say there are rigorous environmental standards," Souter said.
Other justices appeared to disagree, noting that an alternative to the dumping would destroy nearby wetlands and create a stack of tailings larger than the Pentagon.
"Isn't it arguable that the best place for really toxic stuff is at the bottom of a lake so long as it stays there?" asked Justice Antonin Scalia.

[Winterblues]

10. My question to Ted would be

How does a lake get bigger if you fill it in?

[WCGreen]

2. Get one of the twins...

I'm sure they have unclouded legal minds that will far outshine anything this Olson can muster...

[MADem]

4. Obama has selected a new solicitor general who has a strong resume from the Clinton admin. NT

[Solly Mack]

6. Obama can't replace Olson.

He left the SG's office in 2004. Garre is SG.


Olson is the lawyer for Coeur d'Alene Mines

[GreenTea]

11. Thanks, you answered the question perfectly...end of story.

Along with Elena Kagan being Obama's choice for Solicitor General!

[tazkcmo]

8. I vote for me n/t

[LynneSin]

9. At this point Foot Fungus would be a better choice than Ted Olson

I'm just saying - whomever Obama picks will be a major step upwards.

[Captain Hilts]

12. I think the little toe fungus monsters in the ads are really cute!