Obama Not Interested in Serving on Supreme Court Despite Clinton Enthusiasm
Source: ABC News
President Obama is not interested in being a Supreme Court Justice after he leaves the White House, despite Hillary Clinton loving the idea of appointing him were she elected president.
His aspirations for his post-presidency extend beyond a Supreme Court appointment, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told ABC News Thursday.
I think as a constitutional lawyer that the president
would have plenty of things and plenty of ideas for how he would do a job like that. But I think his preferences for how he wants to spend his time after he leaves the White House would lie in areas that would give him the opportunity to handle a wider range of issues than just those issues that come before the court, he said.
While the president has not ruled it out entirely, he previously told the New Yorker he thinks the Court is too monastic for him.
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KamaAina
(78,249 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)But I get what he's saying.
forest444
(5,902 posts)As in Jorge de Burgos, the murderous monk in Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose.
You might recall Father Burgos was the blind old monk whose religious intolerance and outright hysteria led to him methodically poison anyone who had come into contact with the secret collection of Aristotle's works in the abbey library.
Scaliar is a fitting heir to that medieval legacy, rather like a cross between Burgos and Jabba the Hutt.
ErisDiscordia
(443 posts)Scalia, Alito, and Thomas
forest444
(5,902 posts)Those three always were legitimate apes.
patricia92243
(12,597 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Exactly. I see him as a Jimmy Carter type ex-President.
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)I thought that would be too confining for him. I'm glad he is doing as I suggest, lol.
Chemisse
(30,813 posts)When instead he can travel the world and pursue any goals he would like. He is still young and has a lot of potential to do good works.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,139 posts)Until that time, why speculate?
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)I kind of figure he deserves a rest.
Stryst
(714 posts)Under pope Alexander the 6th (aka Roderic Borgia).
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)President Obama would make a great SCOTUS justice
DrToast
(6,414 posts)But man, he would be an incredible Justice.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Between his presidential pension and speaking fees, he will never have to work again.