I admit what I’m about to say will sound absurdly
idiotic at first blush, but so did the idea of moldy bread being a cure for a
number of hideous ailments, so hear me out.
I think President Obama should nominate
Donald Trump to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Antonin
Scalia.
Republicans in the senate have stated they will not
consider anyone nominated by the lame-duck Obama. By nominating Trump, the president
will force the Republicans to act. There is nothing more desired, by the
Republican establishment, than to keep Donald Trump as far away as possible
from the presidential nomination. Given a chance to sidetrack him somewhere
else, wouldn’t they jump at it? Granted, having Donald Trump sitting on the
high court isn’t what even a single one of them would have considered a
pleasant proposition a few months ago, but now it may seem a reasonable
alternative. At least as a justice he’ll only be one of nine and the other
eight justices could keep him in check.
Meanwhile, Obama would not only get points for a
vicious sense of humor, but Hillary Clinton would be spared having to get on a
stage with Trump. Despite polls showing Clinton beating Trump in November,
those have been taken before they’ve faced each other in debate. Nothing that
has happened during this campaign season filled with defeat after defeat of
common sense could lead me to believe the vicious attacks he’d level at Hillary
would do anything other than boost his popularity.
As for Trump himself, he’s said that one of the best
reasons to vote for him would be so that he could appoint excellent Supreme
Court justices. What successor to Scalia could possibly be better, in his own
mind, than himself?
If you think having Donald Trump seated on the
highest court in the land would be worse than a gun-toting wild west Republican convention
in Cleveland, I have to think you’re not considering the most likely outcome of
all this, i.e., he’d be odds-on to do something hideous enough to be the first
justice impeached since Samuel Chase in 1805 and thus, to the delight of all
involved, sent packing back to New York, possibly even before the November
general elections.
Whatever the outcome, I would love to read what he
had to say the first time he was allowed to write a majority opinion.
“This is a huge decision. Huge! Let me tell you,
this court is winning so much, we’re getting tired of winning. We’re making
America great again, believe me. I’m making good deals here. I told Little
Sonia she should get on board – even Lying Clarence agreed with me on this one
– so let me tell you, this was a no-brainer. If this was like the old days, I
would have put Roberts out of here on a stretcher. He knows my IQ is one of the
highest and I’m a very smart guy. I would also like to add I look damn good in
a black robe and I guarantee you there’s no problem underneath it.”
Of course, every opinion would read more-or-less
the same since that’s pretty much the entirety of his spiel.
Well, either you agree this is a genius idea or you
think it’s the most crackpot thing you’ve heard in this entirely crackpot
election year. If you like it, I thank you. If not, I ask you to please check
out today’s date.
Soon, with more better stuff.
