re: #91 HappyWarrior

Just a dream heh. SCOTUSBlog likes her though FWIW but I agree.

My guess is that it will be one of the judges that Obama had recently named to the DC Circuit. I wouldn’t be opposed to someone from a state supreme court either, but they rarely get the call anymore. It’d also be interesting to see a private practice litigator get the nod - but this close to the end of his term, that’s probably too much of a gamble.

The reason I suggest someone from private practice is because most Justices, upon appointment, are a few years removed from being practicing lawyers (lately, they’ve been lower court judges). The Supreme Court is the last word on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, so it’d be nice to have someone with some recent practical experience on the Court. (Kagan comes the closest to having such experience among current members).