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Originally Posted by jorgelito
Who decide who gets the top slot? Can Bush just say, "Scalia, you're it", or does Congress have to agree, or is it a vote amongst the justices? If Scalia needs congressional approval, I would expect a nasty fight form the Dems.
I haven't heard of Janice ROgers Brown, but it sounds like a shrewd appointment.
Excellent strategy in my opinion. Yeah, I can see Jesse Jackson being pissed off at that too....
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First, yes, the Chief Justice slot does have to be approved by the Senate.
Second, I thought of Brown because she was recently confirmed for the Appeals Court, and therefore had been vetted in the last year.
I agree that race SHOULDN'T be an issue, but it will be, as will gender. Since Roberts is male, there were some that thought he wasn't the one to replace a female going off the bench. I thought it was good that Bush didn't try to replace the white woman with another white woman.
Finally, any nominee need not try to place the irrational left in the Senate. I'd love for Roberts to say to Kennedy when he's testifying something along the lines of "Look, you're not going to be satisfied with anything I say, and you're not going to vote for me, so let's drop the facade that you're carefully considering your vote. I'm not going to answer this line of questioning now or later. Do what you're going to anyway."
With all due respect, of course!
