Filling a vacancy in the SCotUS

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by Oberon

I've heard some idle rumour that Obama might offer himself up for nomination if a Democrat congress and president gets in.

The chaos that would cause.

As far as I can recall, the only ex-President ever appointed to the Supreme Court was William H. Taft as Chief Justice in 1921. But then he had been a federal judge for many years prior to being president. Yeah, since Obama has never even been a judge I don't think it would go over well to put it mildly.