Obama Likely To Become Supreme Court Justice After Presidency According to recent reports, new evidence suggests that Obama could have places to join the Supreme Court after his presidency comes to an end in 2016. It would not be a surprise given his background sitting as president of the Harvard Law Review. He also taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. While he was campaigning in 2008, Obama made the statement that the best justices in history have been former politicians. At the time, he listed three-time California governor Earl Warner as a prime example of a hero. We need somebody whos got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what its like to be a young teenage mom, Obama said of the Supreme Court Justice. The empathy to understand what its like to be poor, or African American, or gay, or disabled, or old. Clearly, Obama believes he falls into that category. If he were to assume to the position it would not be the first time. President William Howard Taft became the chief justice of the Supreme Court after he left the White House. What do you think? Would Obama ever make it to Supreme Court justice? 