Speaking of Supreme Court qualifications, I would definitely support trying to find justices who don't cry like an especially immature four-year-old who just dropped their lolly in the sandbox just because some people voted against his confirmation. Admittedly, this may mean a pretty small pool...
the reasonable moderate sam alito
I'm guessing Bean will have more to say about this, but the Supreme Court today held in a 7-2 decision that lower court judges are permitted not to apply federal.