She pissed off the major players in Charleston, with “we’re the only game in town so you have to give to us”, ergo, we now have the CSOL partially due to Ms. Williams.

Gene Trotter may not be an intellectual, but he always does a good job in the bankruptcy court which is his main practice area.

I would say the odds are pretty darn good. I don’t see any reason why he would leave the House if she wins if he does not feel compelled to resign his seat prior to her election. He does get to vote on who should be on the Court, after all (although I imagine he will have the sense to recuse himself).

That said, I still don’t get how Williams is more qualified than Hearn, unless the only qualification is to be an affable WASP male with a rags-to-mediocrity story and a spouse who was fired from a cushy job at the law school but still insists on being addressed as “Dean.” Hearn has been on the bench nine years longer than Williams (six if you count his three years as City Judge for Irmo), graduated from law school cum laude, has an LLM from the University of Virginia, served as a supreme court law clerk when it was a noteworthy achievement, and consistently kicks ass on the practices and procedures exam portion of the judicial screening process. Williams comes across as a nice guy, but he pretty much slipped through law school, made a middling living as a bottom feeder with one of the stupidest law partners in SC, and has a generally bland resume.

What qualifications are you talking about? Or are you just relying on the gospel of the racist special interest groups that you’ve linked in this post?

The federal appointment system seems pretty partisan to most of us. Funny to read about it exemplifying a balanced model.

We agree … Hearn IS the most qualified! Well, assuming we’re talking about servitude to “the Queen.”

Look, we’ve linked several times now to the report we referenced to reach the conclusion we reached … and by way of background we were only turned onto this story because several conservative lawmakers (who were backing Williams) called us to express shock that he didn’t at least make the cut.

If all those people are wrong, we’d be surprised.

Obviously, the Hearn fan club is out in full force today – and let’s be honest, Team Kaye is probably still a little pissed at us for costing her a seat on the bench last year.

Who knows? Maybe if the Lil Digger stops trying to bribe lawmakers this go-round she’ll win.

Honestly, do we give a rat’s ass who the next Supreme is? No we do not.

We just think it’s funny that a bunch of “Republicans” keep nominating Democrats to fill the positions, that’s all.

-FITS

Read the previous comments, moron. This would all be post-Sanford.

Also, read the article. We’re not saying executive appointment would remove the politics, just reduce the politics.

As for Peyton Manning “sucking,” we got three letters for you … XLI.

-FITS