Supreme Court Needs Politicians, Not Ideologues: Hunt

President Barack Obama’s apparent short list of prospective Supreme Court nominees includes distinguished jurists and respected legal minds. With few possible exceptions, they have never faced a voter for elective office.

This is a huge void on the current Supreme Court, apparent in its decisions and deliberations. Since the retirement of Sandra Day O’Connor in 2006, there hasn’t been a justice who has ever run for political office.