Hah!  Not very good, that’s what the Dawg thinks.  We heard that one of the people under consideration is probably too old.  The guy is 63, a number the Dawg passed by some time ago.

Furthermore, one of my very own family members pointed out that Catholics are already disproportionately represented on the Court. There were six.  With Scalia’s departure, there are still five.  So I’m too old and of the wrong religion.

On top of that is the fact that I have never been a judge and am completely unqualified for the job.   Then there is the fact that President Obama has never heard of me.  Then there is the fact that the Republicans would never confirm me.

So it ain’t gonna happen.  But I have given a lot of thought to this vacancy.  Who could President Obama possibly nominate that the Republicans in the Senate would approve?  Sandra Day O’Connor?  The ghost of Ronald Reagan?  Maybe Ted Cruz!  After all, reports are that nobody in the Senate likes the guy, so this would give them an opportunity to get him out of there.  He might be the only person in America who could be confirmed 100-0.

Of course, there is no chance that Obama would name Cruz. Thus the dilemma: how do you thread the needle with someone acceptable to our liberal president and our very conservative Senate?

Any ideas, readers?  Let me hear from you! I will report the results.  jwalsh@wabsa.com.

DAWG BONE: WHATEVER ELSE YOU MIGHT SAY ABOUT JUSTICE SCALIA, WE WILL MISS HIS WITTY DISSENTING OPINIONS.  MAY HE REST IN PEACE.