Obama To Supreme Court?

As the sun begins to set on Barack Obama’s presidency, the question remains: what will the then-55-year-old new retiree do with his time? In a Fox News op-ed, Zev Chafets suggests the Harvard Law grad and constitutional law professor may be an attractive candidate for the nation’s top court. It’s an idea with precedent—William Howard Taft went from the White House to the Supreme Court. And throughout his presidency, Obama has had plenty to say about his perceptions of the current Justices. “In his more than six years in the White House, Obama has to an unusual degree – for a serving president – offered strong opinions on how the court’s justices should decide cases central to his legacy,” Greg Jaffe wrote in the Washington Post. “In a few instances, those pointed opinions have sounded a lot like outright criticism.”