Sen. Lee On Possible Supreme Court Nod: ‘I Certainly Would Not Say No’

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In the flurry of speculation following Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement announcement Wednesday, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) has been speculated to be in the pool of possible candidates — a development he is very pleased about.

“I’m honored to even be considered for that, this of course is the President’s choice, this is going to be a decision that’s up to him and not up to me,” he told Fox News’ Shannon Beam Wednesday evening. “I certainly would not say no if offered that job.”

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  1. He’ll be up against Andrew Napolitano.

    Tough competition.

  2. Holy fuck, these people are the vomitus from the Great Pit of Carkoon.

  3. Can the senator do math? In a normal world, the nominee would recuse himself from voting. If McCain is alive and can’t vote, the senator would have to breach tradition (and what Republican would countenance that?:laughing:) to get the nod.

  4. Avatar for clare clare says:

    The freak show begins. What a travesty.

  5. May he never get the chance to say yes.

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