Donald
Trump calls him a “very smart person.” ABC News called him Donald Trump’s “pit
bull.”
Not yet
fifty years of age, Michael D. Cohen is a successful lawyer, a registered
Democrat, an aggressive and successful real estate investor, and the son of a
Jewish Holocaust survivor.
He is
feared, respected, controversial, combative and intensely loyal to his friend
and client, the next President of the United States.
After
completing his undergraduate work at American University, Mike Cohen ventured
out of the Big Apple and into the hinterland of Lansing, Michigan to pursue a
legal education at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
So he
is, I am proud to say, one of over 20,000 American lawyers who boast a diploma,
over my signature, from the law school I was privileged to launch back in 1973.
Tonight, I dispatched the following email to Mr. Cohen:
Michael:
Congratulations
on your boss’s spectacular election. It must be a real thrill for you, as one
of his long time closest allies, to see Donald Trump claim the ultimate prize.
And while I would assume that you are nearly exhausted, it must also be true
that you are running on endless surges of adrenaline.
It is
certainly a credit to Mr. Trump’s egalitarian spirit that he does not limit his
recruiting to the blossoms of the Ivy League.
That
said, and in the same vein, let me offer a suggestion.
I have
long advocated a constitutional reform dubbed the "Ervin
Amendment" because originally advanced by North Carolina Senator Sam
Ervin.
He
urged that United States Supreme Court Justices be appointed from a list of
nominees supplied by the Chief Justices of the State Supreme Courts, and that
their terms of office be limited.
Donald
Trump has an opportunity to strike a mighty blow in favor of
the Constitution by simply choosing to do what Senator Ervin suggested.
1. He
should invite the fifty State Supreme Court Chief Justices to submit five names
for him to consider for appointment to SCOTUS.
2. He
should then nominate one of them, on condition that he or she deliver to the
Clerk of the Court a written resignation dated eighteen years after his or her
appointment.
It
would be a PR coup, a marvelous precedent, an act of singular
non partisanship, and a beacon of light pointing toward Constitutional
Reform.
“No
challenge is too great, nor dream is too big” Are you with me on this?
TEB
Dad, that is an exciting idea and an excellent suggestion. Also, it must be heartening to witness the fruits of your own labors through the accomplishments of the many students who graduated from Cooley. Thanks for sharing your letter.
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Elle