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Supreme Court Justice Souter To Retire

by nukegingrich | April 30, 2009 at 06:19 pm

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from NPR

April 30, 2009 · 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, 69, is said to be ready to leave Washington, DC and retire to his home in New Hampshire.

This will be the first Supreme Court appointment for President Obama, with another appointment expected with the probable retirement of Justice Ruth Ginsberg, who is recovering from cancer.

Update from MSNBC

From NBC's Pete Williams
The AP is running a story this afternoon that raises the question of whether Supreme Court Justice David Souter might retire.

Answer: He might. Then again, he might not.

Update 2:

CNN's Anderson Cooper is reporting that he WILL retire ...

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nukegingrich

at 20:13 on April 30th, 2009

Interesting take on how the Specter defection may play into the confirmation process. LINK

Does Arlen Specter's defection from R to D strengthen the President's hand in Congress?

Perhaps overall but not on judicial appointments because breaking (the equivalent of) a filibuster in the Senate Judiciary Committee requires the consent of at least one member of the minority. Before today, Specter was likely to be that one Republican. Now what?

from Congress Matters, ... the Senate Judiciary Committee rule:

IV. BRINGING A MATTER TO A VOTE
The Chairman shall entertain a non-debatable motion to bring a matter before the Committee to a vote. If there is objection to bring the matter to a vote without further debate, a roll call vote of the Committee shall be taken, and debate shall be terminated if the motion to bring the matter to a vote without further debate passes with ten votes in the affirmative, one of which must be cast by the minority.

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at 21:33 on April 30th, 2009

All these Justices are in the 'Liberal' camp
Obama would surely nominate a 'Liberal' to replace them

Possibley a woman, a Hispanic or an Asian

Don't let the Republican 'Dead Enders' have ANY affect on your selection

Choose a younger Progressive voice
Not a Corporate clone, but a PROGRESSIVE !!!

The REAL test will come when he has to replace a DINOSAUR