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Can a Former president be elected supreme court justice?

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Well first of all no one is elected Supreme Court justice. The President appoints someone and then the Senate approves them and confirms them. There is absolutely no limitation on who that person might be. read more

William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913, later served on the Supreme Court as Chief Justice from 1921 to 1930, according to his White House biography. President Obama’s biggest hurdle to a Supreme Court appointment would likely be a political one. read more

From left to right, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts and U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonya Sotomayor listen to President Obama as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington Jan. 20, 2015. read more

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