Which 9 current senators would YOU select to be on the supreme court?

[MissCatholic]

There are 9 open seats on the supreme court. Who would YOU select from the 100 present senators.

1. Russ Feingold (d-Wisconsin)
2. Barack Obama (d-Illinois)
3. Max Baucus (d-Montana)
4. Mary Landreiu (d- Louisiana)
5. Blanche Lincoln (d-Arkansas)
6. Susan Collins (r- Maine)
7. Mel Martinez  (r- Florida)
8. Lindsey Graham (r-south carolina)
9. Chuck Hagel (r-nebraska) = CJ

3 women on the court. so a fair representative concerning women issues. Reps and dems that disagree on many issues some agree with privacy but all 9 are fair minded and respected across the political spectrum.

[minionofmidas]

3 women on the court. so a fair representative concerning women issues. 

and 3 men for men's issues, and three neutereds?

[A18]

No one

[phk]

All of the above.

[Blue Rectangle]

No one

^^^^^

We're talking about a group where Robert Byrd, who thinks the purpose of the federal government is to funnel as much pork as possible into West Virginia, is considered the leading Constitutional scholar.

[Democratic Hawk]

Lincoln (D) Arkansas
Lieberman (D) Connecticut
Carper (D) Delaware
Landrieu (D) Louisiana

Jeffords (I) Vermont

Lugar (R) Indiana
Snowe (R) Maine
Specter (R) Pennsylvania
Hutchinson (R) Texas

I don't know who of those nine are legal professionals but:

Wing nuts need not apply

Dave

[nini2287]

In alphabetical order

Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Russ Feingold (D-WI)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Gordon Smith (R-OR)
Arlen Specter (R-PA)

Trying to get a variety of political persuasions on the court.

[Jake]

Brownback (Chief)

Santorum
Coburn
Cornyn
Inhofe
Chambliss
Lott
Hatch
Sessions

[True Democrat]

1. Lincoln Chaffee - CJ
2. Olympia Snowe
3. Allen
4. Richard Lugar
5. Lindsay Graham
6. Voinovich
7. Nelson (NE)
8. Sununu
9. Hutchinson

Wow, I can't believe I picked all Republicans except Nelson (who's a Republican anyway) and Chaffee

I would've put Arlen Specter on, but he's too old.  Also, I would have put more women, but there just aren't that many women Senators, and I'm not going to women on the court just for the sake of putting women on the court.

[opebo]

1) Cheif - Russ Feingold

2) Ted Kennedy
3) John Kerry
4) Carl Levin
5) Dick Durbin
6) Paul Sarbannes
7) Ron Wyden
Barbara Boxer
9) Charles Shumer

[The Duke]

Jon Kyl (CJ)
Orrin Hatch
Judd Gregg
Norm Coleman
John Cornyn
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Charles Grassley
George Allen
Mel Martinez

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It depends on whether they'd be better off in the Senate, or it would be useful to keep them there to keep their seats Democratic.

[MODU]

None of those listed. 

[Democratic Hawk]

Jon Kyl (CJ)
Orrin Hatch
Judd Gregg
Norm Coleman
John Cornyn
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Charles Grassley
George Allen
Mel Martinez

For a moderate like yourself John, I'd have hoped for at least three Democrats

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

Why are the Democrats (Miss Catholic, nini2287 and myself) less partisan in our picks than you Republicans?

OK, granted, I shun wing nuts but, at least, no-one could accuse me of being partisan as far the SCOTUS is concerned

Dave

[Blue Rectangle]

Why are the Democrats (Miss Catholic, nini2287 and myself) less partisan in our picks than you Republicans?

OK, granted, I shun wing nuts but, at least, no-one could accuse me of being partisan as far the SCOTUS is concerned

Dave

It's not bi-partisan to dream about packing the Court with nine moderate senators who all support a free-spending, intrusive, and highly-regulating federal government.

[Democratic Hawk]

Why are the Democrats (Miss Catholic, nini2287 and myself) less partisan in our picks than you Republicans?

OK, granted, I shun wing nuts but, at least, no-one could accuse me of being partisan as far the SCOTUS is concerned

Dave

It's not bi-partisan to dream about packing the Court with nine moderate senators who all support a free-spending, intrusive, and highly-regulating federal government.

Well, it sure beats packing the court with those who are beholden to false Gods (that is, their ideologies)

Dave

[Blue Rectangle]

Why are the Democrats (Miss Catholic, nini2287 and myself) less partisan in our picks than you Republicans?

OK, granted, I shun wing nuts but, at least, no-one could accuse me of being partisan as far the SCOTUS is concerned

Dave

It's not bi-partisan to dream about packing the Court with nine moderate senators who all support a free-spending, intrusive, and highly-regulating federal government.

Well, it sure beats packing the court with those who are beholden to false Gods (that is, their ideologies)

Dave

Every member of the U.S. Senate is there because they are beholden to a certain ideology.  It may be a moderate ideology.  Sadly, too many judges act on political ideology, but our chances of finding good justices among judges is a lot better than looking to the Senate for candidates.

[Hitchabrut]

James Inhofe
Thomas Coburn
Norman Coleman
Richard Santorum
Orrin Hatch
John McCain
Melvin Martinez
Samuel Brownback
John Kyl

[The Duke]

Jon Kyl (CJ)
Orrin Hatch
Judd Gregg
Norm Coleman
John Cornyn
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Charles Grassley
George Allen
Mel Martinez

For a moderate like yourself John, I'd have hoped for at least three Democrats

Dave

Yes, but you forget that in addition to being a moderate, I am also a partisan.

If I were to choose a Democrat, Dianne Feinstein and Joe Lieberman would be at the top of the list.

[The Dowager Mod]

I couldn't come up with 9 i think are qualified.

[Democratic Hawk]

Jon Kyl (CJ)
Orrin Hatch
Judd Gregg
Norm Coleman
John Cornyn
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Charles Grassley
George Allen
Mel Martinez

For a moderate like yourself John, I'd have hoped for at least three Democrats

Dave

Yes, but you forget that in addition to being a moderate, I am also a partisan.

If I were to choose a Democrat, Dianne Feinstein and Joe Lieberman would be at the top of the list.

I always considered myself strongly partisan (and I have my GOP/Bush bashing moments) but my Supreme Court's pretty balanced between the two); however, I was asking myself last night that by having such a moderate bias in my original SCOTUS picks was I being intolerant towards liberals and conservatives? I decided I was so I'm amending my picks, significantly:

From the North-East Region: I'd pick Lieberman (D) of Connecticut and Collins (R) of Maine

From the Mid-West Region: I'd pick Feingold (D) of Wisconsin and Lugar (R) of Indiana

From the South: I'd pick Landrieu (D) of Louisiana (though I'd preferably have former Sen. John Breaux) and Graham (R) of South Carolina

From the Central Region: I'd pick Nelson (D) of Nebraska

From the West: I'd pick Wyden (D) of Oregon and Smith (R) of Oregon

5 Democrats/4 Republicans; but Lugar would be Chief Justice and since SCOTUS operates in accordance with majority decision then extremism is highly unlikely

Blue Rectangle, I'm minded to agree with you that justices should come from the judiciary but justices with an overtly activist ideological agenda would not be considered. Ideology is for politicians not justices but since the question related to incumbent Senators, I made my choices accordingly. Though I have somewhat re-addressed my moderate 'bias'

Dave

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Lamar Alexander (Chief)
Bill Frist
Olympia Snowe
Charles Grassley
Norm Coleman
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Gordon Smith
Chuck Hagel
Orrin Hatch

[Cubby]

James Inhofe
Thomas Coburn
Norman Coleman
Richard Santorum
Orrin Hatch
John McCain
Melvin Martinez
Samuel Brownback
John Kyl

you left out Jim de Mint. He would fit in to your far, far, far right wing court while McCain wouldn't.

My picks:

Susan Collins
John Kerry
George Voinovich
Richard Durbin
Russ Feingold
Byron Dorgan
John Warner
Blanche Lincoln
Maria Cantwell

[Speed of Sound]

FAIR COURT

Ted Kennedy
John McCain
John Kerry
Rick Santorum
Lincoln Chafee (Chief Justice)
Barack Obama
Joe Leiberman
Mark Pryor
Liz Dole

COURT I WOULD TRUST TO SUPPORT THE BEST FOR AMERICA

Ted Kennedy (Chief Justice)
Lincoln Chafee
John Kerry
Dennis Kucinich
Barack Obama
Barbera Boxer
Feinstein (sp?)
Jon Corzine
Russ Feingold