EUGENE VOLOKH FOR THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS? That’s the suggestion of reader Douglas Bass, who writes:

I was surprised to discover the number of vacancies on the Federal bench. Hugh Hewitt recently said something about it being time to “restock the bench,” that is, nominate Federal Judges that could one day be Supreme Court Justices. There are 26 nominees pending, but 28 open spaces. There’s a great deal of debate over the confirmation (or the lack thereof) of the existing nominees, but very little debate over the nomination of people for the 28 open spaces. Maybe people are just tired of talking about stare decisis.

But could Eugene give up blogging for the bench?