[triplejake]

Posner is too smart, too widely published, too independent and too quirky to ever be nominated, although he clearly towers over anyone nominated in the last 10 years by either party (and anyone likely to be nominated by W).

[justshutupandtakeit]

Don't count him out. His colleague on the UofC faculty, Richard Epstein, is also brilliant and would be a welcome addition to the Court.