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O'Conner steps Down
Justice Sandra Day O'Conner announced her retirement today.
O'Conner, a swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said she plans to leave before the start of the court's next term in October.
In a letter to President Bush, she wrote: "This is to inform you of my decision to retire from my position as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, effective upon the nomination and confirmation of my successor. It has been a great privilege indeed to have served as a member of the court for 24 terms. I will leave it with enormous respect for the integrity of the court and its role under our constitutional structure."
More to come ...
Justice Sandra Day O'Conner announced her retirement today.
O'Conner, a swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said she plans to leave before the start of the court's next term in October.
In a letter to President Bush, she wrote: "This is to inform you of my decision to retire from my position as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, effective upon the nomination and confirmation of my successor. It has been a great privilege indeed to have served as a member of the court for 24 terms. I will leave it with enormous respect for the integrity of the court and its role under our constitutional structure."
More to come ...
posted by Straight Up with Sherri at
10:50 AM
4 Comments:
it is possible to have rightist judicial activism, but incredibly unlikely since there is only one rightist judge currently sitting (Thomas)
What does the number of rightist judicial activists currently in SCOTUS have to do with the likelihood of a rightist judicial activist being nominated?
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Anonymous, at 8:32 PM
The summer just got alot hotter.
I don't think Bush has the guts, but I would like to see a true conservative in there.
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Anonymous, at 10:14 PM
I'd have to go with Janice Rogers Brown to replace O'Connor. Aside from being absolutely perfect, Brown is a part of the deal between the 14 'moderate' Senators. She has already gotten the necessary votes for cloture and she has already been proven to have majority support in the Senate.
Getting Brown on the SCOTUS would be well worth losing her on the DC Circuit.
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Anonymous, at 12:00 AM
When you are that far up in the government, I do not believe in surprises, I really feel that her retirement was in the works for quite a long time. Now the media might play it as something out of the blue, I do not. The political vaccum is sucking hard to find a suitable replacement when there is already one found....
Just my 2 cent
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Anonymous, at 5:21 PM
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