Obama As Supreme Court Justice? You never know…

Supreme Court Justice Barack Obama? That’s not such a bad idea according to a George Washington law professor. Jeffrey Rosen argues in a column published in Friday’s Washington Post that many of the characteristics that have drawn critics of President Obama are just the qualities that are needed on the high court.

“Though Obama has struggled to find his footing in the White House, his education, temperament and experience make him ideally suited to lead the liberal wing of the court, especially at a time when a narrow conservative majority seems increasingly intent on challenging progressive economic reforms for the first time since the New Deal,” Rosen writes.

Rosen continues to provide strategies that could get Obama on  the Supreme Court. There is precedent for such a progression. After serving one term as the 27^th president of the United States, William Howard Taft later became the Supreme Court’s 10^th chief justice.