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Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:14 pm
by TwinTownBisonFan
NPR has learned that Supreme Court Justice David Souter is planning to retire at the end of the court's current term.
The court has completed hearing oral arguments for the year and will be issuing rulings and opinions until the end of June.
Souter is expected to remain on the bench until a successor has been chosen and confirmed, which may or may not be accomplished before the court reconvenes in October.
At 69, Souter is nowhere near the oldest member of the court, but he has made clear to friends for some time now that he wanted to leave Washington, a city he has never liked, and to return to his native New Hampshire.
oooh a scotus fight
let's find a nice healthy 28 year old to serve 60 years or so
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:15 pm
by dbackjon
Perfect time if he is going to retire. 60 Dems in the Senate, no chance of whomever Obama appoints not sailing through.
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:15 pm
by Wedgebuster
Checkmate!
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:20 pm
by dbackjon
Who will be in the running?
Hillary? Probably too old
Sonia Sotomayor,
Diane P. Wood
Elena Kagan
Leah Ward Sears
Jennifer M. Granholm
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:20 pm
by guinzone
Least he is replacing a liberal one. I'll really have my worries if one of the 4, sometimes 5, conservative ones were to be replaced. Kennedy being the moderate.
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:24 pm
by TwinTownBisonFan
guinzone wrote:Least he is replacing a liberal one. I'll really have my worries if one of the 4, sometimes 5, conservative ones were to be replaced. Kennedy being the moderate.
i hope we get to replace Saclia... (i wish him no ill will, maybe he'll retire... but somehow i doubt that) i'd like to replace him with a real liberal firebrand.
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:26 pm
by Wedgebuster
dbackjon wrote:Who will be in the running?
Hillary? Probably too old
Sonia Sotomayor,
Diane P. Wood
Elena Kagan
Leah Ward Sears
Jennifer M. Granholm
Harriet Meyers!
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:37 pm
by native
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:50 pm
by HI54UNI
To be fair don't you think Obama should appoint a conservative since GHW Bush appointed a liberal?
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:00 pm
by dbackjon
HI54UNI wrote:To be fair don't you think Obama should appoint a conservative since GHW Bush appointed a liberal?
Only if ALL Bush (both) appointees retire today.
How Far To The Extreme Left Will Obama Go?
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:09 pm
by travelinman67
Socialist?
Communist?
Subversive?
Activist?
How far to the left will the Dems go now that they can appoint Fidel Castro to the Supreme Court and there's no way to stop them?
First thought...Medea Benjamin
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:19 pm
by dbackjon
Angela Davis!
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:51 pm
by TwinTownBisonFan
Bill Ayers?
any pick to ensure t'man has a near coronary
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:58 pm
by travelinman67
dbackjon wrote:Angela Davis!
Since Obama's first Federal appointment was anti-Christian, Pro-abortion, Anti-Free Speech, non-human Justice David Hamilton...
...I'll wager it'll be someone who is a staunch pro-abortionist FIRST, liberal dogma agenda second...
Frances Kissling...the Abortion Queen
Not qualified, but what the hell...she'll fight to turn SCOTUS into Murder, Inc.
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:22 pm
by TwinTownBisonFan
In truth, I'd like Harold Koh... good jurist.
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 4:51 am
by Ivytalk
I'll guess Sotomayor: liberal Hispanic woman. QED for BHO.
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 4:51 am
by Ivytalk
TwinTownBisonFan wrote:In truth, I'd like Harold Koh... good jurist.
For what? The Supreme Court of Mars?
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:42 am
by Ibanez
Perry Mason...that fvcker always wanted Justice to prevail.
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:08 am
by danefan
TwinTownBisonFan wrote:
NPR has learned that Supreme Court Justice David Souter is planning to retire at the end of the court's current term.
The court has completed hearing oral arguments for the year and will be issuing rulings and opinions until the end of June.
Souter is expected to remain on the bench until a successor has been chosen and confirmed, which may or may not be accomplished before the court reconvenes in October.
At 69, Souter is nowhere near the oldest member of the court, but he has made clear to friends for some time now that he wanted to leave Washington, a city he has never liked, and to return to his native New Hampshire.
oooh a scotus fight
let's find a nice healthy 28 year old to serve 60 years or so
Here I sit, awaiting my call from Senator Spector.
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:46 am
by houndawg
Re: Justice Souter to Retire
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 3:47 am
by ASUMountaineer
Wedgebuster, the Harriet Myers joke (making fun of her and the fact she was tapped) never gets old. I was in law school when that happened, and all we could think was how much more qualified we were than she. Anyways, I am glad to see Souter stepping down, especially after Kelo v. New London. I think, just to make things interesting at the SCOTUS, he should appoint Bill Clinton.
