>>WHOEVER IT IS THAT BECOMES PRESIDENT NEXT IS LIKELY GOING
TO NOMINATE AT LEAST ONE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, POSSIBLY EVEN
MORE THAN THAT.
HILLARY CLINTON OBVIOUSLY THINKS SHE HAS A GOOD
SHOT AT BECOMING PRESIDENT, AND A PERSON AT ONE OF HER CAMPAIGN
EVENTS HAS A NOVEL IDEA ABOUT WHO SHE SHOULD NOMINATE, WERE
SHE TO HAVE THAT CHANCE.
>> THE NEXT PRESIDENT WILL PROBABLY APPOINT SEVERAL MEMBERS
OF THE SUPREME COURT.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER APPOINTING OBAMA?
>>WOW.
WHAT A GREAT IDEA.
>>[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>>NOBODY HAS EVER SUGGESTED THAT TO ME.
WOW.
I LOVE THAT.
WOW.
HE
MAY HAVE A FEW OTHER THINGS TO DO.
BUT I TELL YOU, THAT IS A
GREAT IDEA.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS TRUE.
THE NEXT PRESIDENT MAY GET
ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 3 SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS.
I WOULD
CERTAINLY TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT.
HE IS BRILLIANT, AND
HE CAN SET FORTH AN ARGUMENT AND HE WAS A LAW PROFESSOR, SO HE
HAS ALL THE CREDENTIALS.
NOW, WE DO HAVE TO GET A DEMOCRATIC
SENATE TO GET HIM CONFIRMED, SO YOU WILL HAVE TO HELP ME ON
THAT.
>>SO PRESIDENT OBAMA ON THE SUPREME COURT?
AN INTERESTING
IDEA.
THANKFULLY HERE, WE HERE AT THE YOUNG TURKS HAVE A BODY
TO RULE ON THINGS LIKE THAT.
SHOULD PRESIDENT OBAMA BE ON THE SUPREME COURT?
WE TURN TO THE YOUNG TURKS SUPREME COURT.
>>IT'S A GOOD ONE.
FIRST OF ALL I WAS ANNOYED THAT THE PRESS
SECRETARY AT THE WHITE HOUSE SAID, MY GUESS IS OBAMA'S
ASPIRATIONS FOR HIS POST-PRESIDENCY EXTEND BEYOND
A SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT.
HOW MUCH HIGHER ARE YOU GOING TO
GET?
I THINK WHAT HE MEANS IS, WE WILL GET PAID.
WE WILL MAKE
$100 MILLION AND THEN MAYBE WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE SUPREME
COURT.
BUT I WILL VOTE NO.
I THINK THAT FOR ALL OF THE
REASONS -- THE EXACT OPPOSITE REASONS AS THE REPUBLICANS.
>>[BUFFERING]
>> THE WIRETAPPING OF AMERICANS,
A LOT LIKE BUSH DID, WHICH IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, REPUBLICANS WON'T BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THEY
LOVE IT.
I HAD MANY CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES WITH
PRESIDENT OBAMA, SO I WOULD PREFER A REAL SCHOLAR AND A
REAL PROGRESSIVE, TO BE HONEST.
>>I WOULD LOVE IT IF BARACK OBAMA WAS A SUPREME COURT
NOMINEE.
I THINK IT IS A 12 ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10.
BUT I HATED
EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT.
>>HOW HAPPY SHE WAS?
>>[BUFFERING]
>> OBVIOUSLY ANY AMERICAN WOULD BE HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR
THE SUPREME COURT, THAT IS WHAT JOSH EARNEST IS SUPPOSED TO SAY.
>>AND IT IS AMAZING, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HILLARY IS GOING
TO DO TO MAKE YOUR SKIN CRAWL.
>> WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT IT?
BUT I THINK HE WOULD BE A GREAT
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
I THINK HE WOULD BE A BETTER LIBERAL --
WHEN HE DOESN'T HAVE TO GOVERN, I THINK HE WOULD BE MORE
LIBERAL.
EVEN WHEN CONSERVATIVES GET ON THE COURT THEY BECOME MORE
LIBERAL.
>>THEY WIND UP HAVING TO READ A LOT.
>>MANY OF THE THINGS WE DISAGREE FUNDAMENTALLY WITH HIM IS THE
ACCOMMODATION OF HIM GIVING IN TO DONORS AND HIM BUYING INTO
THE SYSTEM.
SO HE WILL STILL HAVE BOUGHT INTO THE SYSTEM,
ALTHOUGH HE WILL BE SURROUNDED BY FEWER ADVISORS.
I THINK HIS
TRUE SELF ESPECIALLY ON SOCIAL ISSUES IS PROGRESSIVE, BUT IT
SICKENS ME THAT SHE NEEDS TO SHOW THAT SHE LOVES OBAMA TO GET
DEMOCRATS, SO SHE IS LIKE, THAT IS THE BEST IDEA EVER.
AND
WATCHING IT AT HOME, OBAMA IS LIKE, COULD I HAVE GOTTEN SOME
OF THIS ENTHUSIASM IN 2007?
YOU WEREN'T THAT BIG OF A FAN THEN.
>>JUSTICE OBAMA WOULD BE MORE LIKE EXECUTIVE ORDER WRITING OBAMA.
>>I HAVE BEEN OUTVOTED 3 TO 1, APPARENTLY BARACK OBAMA IS NOT
GOING ONTO THE SUPREME COURT, BUT WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS
THAT I HAVE NOT APPOINTED YOU TO THE SUPREME COURT, THEREBY
MAKING ME A 1 TO ZERO WINNER.
>> PUT LARRY LESSIG ON THE SUPREME COURT, LET'S GET A REAL
CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR.