When President Barack Obama completes his second term, what will he do with the rest of his life?
Barack Obama will step down from the US presidency in January 2017. At that point, he still only be 55. So what is going to do?
I suspect – and hope – that he eschew the opportunities to make lots of money from private sector appointments and that instead he will return to being an academic. But I have a dream …
Hillary Clinton becomes the next presidency and, during her term of office, has the opportunity to appoint a judge to the Supreme Court. She appoints Obama. Remember where you heard it first …
Is this possible, you ask? There are no formal qualifications for membership of the Supreme Court, but Obama has all the legal knowledge necessary for the post. And there is a little-known precedent …
William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was the 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) and later the 10th Chief Justice of the United States (1921-1930). He is the only person to have served in both of these offices.
You can read more about William Howard Taft here.