Legal Commentary

ABA Looks at The Lawyers Who May Run America

By Jeralyn

The American Bar Association Magazine attempts to predict the lawyers whom Sen. Barack Obama and John McCain are likely to appoint as Attorney General, Supreme Court Justices, Solicitor General, Homeland Security Chief and more.

• Obama's Picks
• McCain's Picks

Cass Sunstein is on the list, but not as Supreme Court Justice -- he's tapped for the White House Domestic Policy Advisor. For Attorney General, the ABA names Eric Holder and Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick. For Homeland Security Director, AZ Gov. Janet Napolitano.

The ABA is right to call their article a guessing game. I don't put much stock in their selections. As for McCain's choices, there are a few laugh-out-louds: [More...]

Miguel Estrada for Supreme Court? Bush couldn't even get him on the Court of Appeals. Can McCain not spell filibuster? And what better evidence than McCain would be Bush III?

Again, I don't put much stock in any of the ABA predictions, but thinking about who each candidate might appoint to high level positions does point out stark differences between them, and that's worth thinking about.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on October 21, 2008 (boomark / email).