Is it Alito, Luttig or … Brown?
Continuing the buzz that emerged on Friday, there is a lot of talk in the newspapers and the blogosphere about Sam Alito and Michael Luttig as the two front-runners for a SCOTUS nomination. The blogosphere buzz around these two folks is especially interesting over at confirmthem and this post at UTRhere at SCOTUSblog suggests we might be getting a nominee within the next 24 hours.
Article 3 Groupie speculates that all the Alito buzz may be a head fake on the way to a Luttig nomination. But I have a different theory: Could all the Alito and Luttig buzz be a misdirection on the way to the nomination of Janice Rogers Brown?
This article reports that President Bush “and First Lady Laura Bush were scheduled to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony this evening honoring late civil rights activist Rosa Parks.” Wouldn’t it be an incredible moment of political theater and strategy to announce the SCOTUS nomination of Brown at this event? The President could describe Brown as the judicial equivalent of Rosa Parks, and framing the nomination in such terms would, I think, greatly impact the political dynamics and debate surrounding this nomination.
A few related posts:
- Serious Justice Alito buzz
- The SCOTUS name game
- Miers is out, who’s next?
- A criminal law perspective on Janice Rogers Brown
- Will the next SCOTUS nominee have any criminal law background?
- Does SCOTUS need a trial judge?
UPDATE: Much to the relief of Ann Althouse and A3G, no SCOTUS nominee announcement on Sunday night. And I am pleasantly surprised that Ann and A3G and many commentors view the honoring of the historic Rosa Parks as an event that should be above politics. Now only if we could get everyone to think that way about the naming of a Supreme Court Justice….