Which posters would you appoint to the Supreme Court?

[Max Power]

Chief Justice: John Dibble

Associate Justices:
Emsworth
A18
Walter Mitty
AkSaber
Keystone Phil
Bob
Joe Republic
Ian

Wow. That's unexpected. Thank you. 

You're welcome.

I have no idea why so many people are nominating me, given that I have no knowledge whatsoever of constitutional law or of any court cases for legal precedence, but thank you nonetheless.

IT'S BECAUSE YOUR TEH MAN DUH GABJEW

BRTD
Opebo
Flyers
bandit
jfern
Ebowed
Casey
WalterMitty
Joe Republic
John Dibble
Everette

Thanks!!

[J-Mann]

CJ: Gabu
AJ: Alcon
AJ: Dazzleman
AJ: WMS
AJ: Cashcow
AJ: SuperSoulty
AJ: BRTD
AJ: StatesRights
AJ: John Dibble

Yay! I'm on the Court! Pretty diverse group here...whatever do the legal eagles think of this?

wow, I'm pretty shocked I made his list too! Thanks!

But this court has 3 conservatives, 3 libertarians, 1 liberal (me), 1 populist (you) and 1 centrist (Gabu). This gives it a fairly clear conservative majority on economic issues although you can count on Cashcow, Alcon and Supersoulty possibly crossing over, making it more swing. Gabu will probably end up being the swing vote.

On social issues there's a 4-4 tie with Gabu being in the middle. While he probably leans left socially, he could conceivably cross over many times. Once again, Gabu is the main key vote, and thus an appropiate pick for CJ.

Hmm, interesting...I also wonder what J-Mann's rationale was?

Eh, I like all of you guys, for one thing   But, I think generally you're all of sound rationale and well-versed in issues of importance.  There are partisans among the group, to be certain, but I have no doubt that many cases that come before the court could be thoroughly debated and challenged with these nine on the bench; not to mention the more moderate members of the group could be persuaded by strong and sound arguments, though they have the capacity to do plenty of strong reasoning themselves.  I did try to pick a mixed group of individuals -- a court that is too far in one direction or the other is not my idea of a healthy court.

As for a deeper, ideologically-based rationale -- BRTD and States represent the extremes of the court, and everyone trends inward towards a moderate center -- either Gabu or WMS would fit that bill, in my opinion.  Alcon comes close.  I think it would be a really solid court, though there are a few others on the board that would make great additions as well.

[WMS]

CJ: Gabu
AJ: Alcon
AJ: Dazzleman
AJ: WMS
AJ: Cashcow
AJ: SuperSoulty
AJ: BRTD
AJ: StatesRights
AJ: John Dibble

Yay! I'm on the Court! Pretty diverse group here...whatever do the legal eagles think of this?

wow, I'm pretty shocked I made his list too! Thanks!

But this court has 3 conservatives, 3 libertarians, 1 liberal (me), 1 populist (you) and 1 centrist (Gabu). This gives it a fairly clear conservative majority on economic issues although you can count on Cashcow, Alcon and Supersoulty possibly crossing over, making it more swing. Gabu will probably end up being the swing vote.

On social issues there's a 4-4 tie with Gabu being in the middle. While he probably leans left socially, he could conceivably cross over many times. Once again, Gabu is the main key vote, and thus an appropiate pick for CJ.

Hmm, interesting...I also wonder what J-Mann's rationale was?

Eh, I like all of you guys, for one thing   But, I think generally you're all of sound rationale and well-versed in issues of importance.  There are partisans among the group, to be certain, but I have no doubt that many cases that come before the court could be thoroughly debated and challenged with these nine on the bench; not to mention the more moderate members of the group could be persuaded by strong and sound arguments, though they have the capacity to do plenty of strong reasoning themselves.  I did try to pick a mixed group of individuals -- a court that is too far in one direction or the other is not my idea of a healthy court.

As for a deeper, ideologically-based rationale -- BRTD and States represent the extremes of the court, and everyone trends inward towards a moderate center -- either Gabu or WMS would fit that bill, in my opinion.  Alcon comes close.  I think it would be a really solid court, though there are a few others on the board that would make great additions as well.

Cool reasoning. And I'm glad to hear that I would make one-half to one-third of the moderate center.

[Schmitz in 1972]

My updated court is more conservative and less libertarian than my previous one.

Chief Justice Emsworth of New Jersey

Associate Justice A18 of Virginia
Associate Justice PBrunsel of Iowa
Associate Justice Bono of South Carolina
Associate Justice Statesrights of Florida
Associate Justice Dazzleman of Connecticut
Associate Justice Hitchabrut of New Jersey
Associate Justice AuH2O of Virginia
Associate Justice David S of Michigan

[AkSaber]

Chief Justice: John Dibble

Associate Justices:
Emsworth
A18
Walter Mitty
AkSaber
Keystone Phil
Bob
Joe Republic
Ian

Wow. That's unexpected. Thank you. 

What Phil said. Thanks!!

[dazzleman]

My updated court is more conservative and less libertarian than my previous one.

Chief Justice Emsworth of New Jersey

Associate Justice A18 of Virginia
Associate Justice PBrunsel of Iowa
Associate Justice Bono of South Carolina
Associate Justice Statesrights of Florida
Associate Justice Dazzleman of Connecticut
Associate Justice Hitchabrut of New Jersey
Associate Justice AuH2O of Virginia
Associate Justice David S of Michigan

That is a pretty conservative court.  Thanks for naming me.  I'd probably be on the liberal end of that court.  That's saying a lot.

[Ebowed]

CJ: Ebowed
AJ: Emsworth
AJ: John Dibble
AJ: ag
AJ: A18
AJ: SamSpade
AJ: Al
AJ: CARLHAYDEN
AJ: NickShepDemocRAT

Thanks for the CJ spot, man.

[Max Power]

Chief Justice: John Dibble

Associate Justices:
Emsworth
A18
Walter Mitty
AkSaber
Keystone Phil
Bob
Joe Republic
Ian

Wow. That's unexpected. Thank you. 

What Phil said. Thanks!!

You're welcome as well.

[A18]

bump

I'm bored, so I'll do one.

1. Emsworth (CJ)
2. Liberty
3. Bono
4. CARLHAYDEN
5. Ebowed
6. AuH2O
7. Ernest
8. jimrtex
9. jFraud for amusing dissents

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Chief Justice- Aksaber
1 Emsworth
2 bullmoose88
3 Vorlon
4 AuH20
5 A18
6 Liberty
7 Ebowed
8 bgwah

[nini2287]

Chief Justice-A18
AJ-Emsworth
AJ-Ebowed
AJ-J-Mann
AJ-Liberty
AJ-Boss Tweed
AJ-Alcon
AJ-dazzleman
AJ-Yates

[Schmitz in 1972]

2. Liberty

6 Liberty

AJ-Liberty

Wow, three in a row!

My latest court seems a little too conservative and in danger of slipping into activism. Here's an updated one:
A18, CJ. Bono, Emsworth, Ebowed, PBrunsel, Statesrights, Jimrtex, Ernest, John Dibble, AJ.

[Beet]

Chief Justice-Yates
AJ-jimrtex
AJ-A18
AJ-Emsworth
AJ-Migrendel
AJ-Liberty
AJ-J.J.
AJ-Peter Bell
AJ-Ernest

[Emsworth]

A18 (Chief Justice)
Peter Bell
Jimrtex
Ernest
Muon2
KEmperor
Bono
John Dibble
AuH2O

[Jake]

Chief Justice: dazzleman

Associate Justices:

Q
Ebowed
Emsworth
WMS
Supersoulty
Philip
Frodo
John Ford

Chief Justice: dazzleman

Associate Justices:

Supersoulty
Sam Spade
WMS
John Ford
Frodo
DemoHawk
Philip
Ebowed

[WMS]

Chief Justice: dazzleman

Associate Justices:

Q
Ebowed
Emsworth
WMS
Supersoulty
Philip
Frodo
John Ford

Chief Justice: dazzleman

Associate Justices:

Supersoulty
Sam Spade
WMS
John Ford
Frodo
DemoHawk
Philip
Ebowed

As before, thanks for the vote. That's a court I'd be happy to serve on.

[© tweed]

A18 (Chief Justice)
Peter Bell
Jimrtex
Ernest
Muon2
KEmperor
Bono
John Dibble
AuH2O

That would just lead to constant 9-0 decisions.

[Emsworth]

A18 (Chief Justice)
Peter Bell
Jimrtex
Ernest
Muon2
KEmperor
Bono
John Dibble
AuH2O

That would just lead to constant 9-0 decisions.

I doubt that. Peter Bell and Ernest, for example, believe that the "right to privacy" is constitutionally protected.

The court is fairly evenly balanced, actually, between five originalists/conservatives and four non-originalists/liberals.

[WMS]

Chief Justice: Emsworth
Associate Justice: A18
Associate Justice: Bono
Associate Justice: Peter Bell
Associate Justice: Q
Associate Justice: Jake
Associate Justice: nini2287
Associate Justice: Liberty
Associate Justice: WMS

Thanks for the nomination as well. I'm not sure what faction I'd fit into, though.

[ian]

Back on 3/30, I chose:
SCCJ: Cosmo Kramer
Justices:  Harry, Josh22, Lewis Trondheim, Opebo, Max Power, Bullmoose88, Dean (and one of NickShepDEM, jfern, Flyers2006, and Gabu.  FIGHT IT OUT TO SEE WHO GETS IT!)

Well, several members have since joined/become good friends of mine, and I now choose:
PC
Harry
CR
Ebowed
Dazzleman
Sam Spade
MasterJedi
Josh
Mas117
TCash (I know that's 10, so sue me.  In Ianland, there are 10 justices.)
Q (No, make that 11.)

Not that any of you that I chose before and didn't keep on aren't good.
If BushOklahoman were still active, he would be on the list...  COME BACK!

It's so hard to say who I would choose on this forum.  I also want to add Beet, Akno21, Speed of Sound, CheeseWhiz, Alcon, Al, and ILV; however, I'll keep my list.
Also, may it be noted that the fact that Max Power has changed his name on MY message, I am kindof creeped out that things can be edited that we say...  Did Dave do that for you, MP?

[CheeseWhiz]

Back on 3/30, I chose:
SCCJ: Cosmo Kramer
Justices:  Harry, Josh22, Lewis Trondheim, Opebo, Max Power, Bullmoose88, Dean (and one of NickShepDEM, jfern, Flyers2006, and Gabu.  FIGHT IT OUT TO SEE WHO GETS IT!)

Well, several members have since joined/become good friends of mine, and I now choose:
PC
Harry
CR
Ebowed
Dazzleman
Sam Spade
MasterJedi
Josh
Mas117
TCash (I know that's 10, so sue me.  In Ianland, there are 10 justices.)
Q (No, make that 11.)

Not that any of you that I chose before and didn't keep on aren't good.
If BushOklahoman were still active, he would be on the list...  COME BACK!

It's so hard to say who I would choose on this forum.  I also want to add Beet, Akno21, Speed of Sound, CheeseWhiz, Alcon, and ILV; however, I'll keep my list.
Also, may it be noted that the fact that Max Power has changed his name on MY message, I am kindof creeped out that things can be edited that we say...  Did Dave do that for you, MP?

Thanks, ian, but I don't think I'd make a very good Justice, anyway.

And yes, Dave changed all references of C---- R---- to Max Power.

[tarheel-leftist85]

Chief Justice:  Co-Senator Hawk
Assoc. Justices:  Frodo, Virginian87, Cosmo Kramer, MAS117, MODU, Ebowed, Scoonie, Lt. Gov. Ben

[Schmitz in 1972]

Back on 3/30, I chose:
SCCJ: Cosmo Kramer
Justices:  Harry, Josh22, Lewis Trondheim, Opebo, Max Power, Bullmoose88, Dean (and one of NickShepDEM, jfern, Flyers2006, and Gabu.  FIGHT IT OUT TO SEE WHO GETS IT!)

Well, several members have since joined/become good friends of mine, and I now choose:
PC
Harry
CR
Ebowed
Dazzleman
Sam Spade
MasterJedi
Josh
Mas117
TCash (I know that's 10, so sue me.  In Ianland, there are 10 justices.)
Q (No, make that 11.)

Not that any of you that I chose before and didn't keep on aren't good.
If BushOklahoman were still active, he would be on the list...  COME BACK!

It's so hard to say who I would choose on this forum.  I also want to add Beet, Akno21, Speed of Sound, CheeseWhiz, Alcon, and ILV; however, I'll keep my list.
Also, may it be noted that the fact that Max Power has changed his name on MY message, I am kindof creeped out that things can be edited that we say...  Did Dave do that for you, MP?

Thanks, ian, but I don't think I'd make a very good Justice, anyway.

And yes, Dave changed all references of C---- R---- to Max Power.

That's creepy. It reminds me of how they change back issues of the newspapers in 1984

[jokerman]

CJ: Dave Hawk
AJ: Dazzleman
AJ: Emsworth
AJ: Ernest
AJ: Jake
AJ: Masterjedi
AJ: Sam Spade
AJ: Nym90
AJ: Virginian87

[nini2287]

CJ:  A18
AJ: Emsworth
AJ: dazzleman
AJ: MODU
AJ: Nym90
AJ: SamSpade
AJ: Tredrick
AJ: riceowl315
AJ: angus