Yes, this is a bone tossed out to see if anyone will chew on it for awhile, but I’m glad I haven’t been the first to mention this possibility:
I have no idea if Judy Sheindlin is a Republican or a Democrat, and her legal ideology is a mystery to me. I only know that she gets the job done and can, in the inimitable words of the Ultimate Judge Judy Web page, ‘see through BS pretty fast.’ That’s the judge for me. I am (mostly) serious.
Now I have no idea if Judge Judy is conservative, liberal, or otherwise. She doesn’t put up wtih crap, she’s very sober and disciplined in her interviews, and she’d write some interesting decisions.
The question really is whether or not a family court judge translates well into a Supreme Court Justice. Could be a bunch of sentimental TV-inspired nonsense, but an interesting avenue to explore nonetheless.