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David Souter: Sayonara
CNN reports that David Souter is retiring. Barack Obama won't have to wait long to get a crack at making an appointment to the SCOTUS.
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04-30-2009, 09:58 PM | #2 |
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I know it sounds odd, but I watched almost all his confirmation hearings and have thought of him ever since as a pretty good guy.
It was clear in that Supreme Court book that came out last year though that he was pretty tired of the whole thing. Now he can go back to being a hermit in Vermont or where ever it was.
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04-30-2009, 10:12 PM | #3 |
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05-01-2009, 12:19 AM | #4 |
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Souter wanted to retire after Bush v. Gore, but he was talked out of it.
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05-01-2009, 07:25 AM | #5 |
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Well at least there won't be a nasty confirmation battle seeing as howthe Republicans are such fans of up or down votes.
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I saw an interesting comment somewhere on one of the political blogs where they noted that the fact that Specter switched to being a Democrat will now make it much tougher to break a Republican filibuster in the committee hearings. I didn't realize this, but the only way to break a filibuster in committee is to get one person on the minority side of the aisle to agree to break the filibuster. Specter was by far the most likely candidate to make that type of move. With Specter now on the other side of the aisle, it's much easier for them to hold ranks against a candidate that they oppose without it ever getting to the congressional floor.
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05-01-2009, 07:43 AM | #7 |
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I don't have time to look it up right now, but I'm relatively sure that information isn't correct.
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I found the details. Interestingly enough, this was actually posted before any knowledge of the Souter resignation. Congress Matters :: Quote:
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I think Graham and/or Hatch (who was an early supporter of Ginsburg) would cast the necessary vote. Of course, if the GOP won't even allow a committee vote, they'll have alot of explaining to do. What will the reason be? Are they going to demagogue about abortion and gay marriage? They'll just keep going down the scary path of social conservatism? If os, how many seats will they have left after the 2010 midterms?
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Sure. I'm not arguing that it's the right move to block the nomination. Heck, we haven't even seen the nominee. I'm just noting that the Democrats would have had it much easier with Specter on the other side of the aisle. |
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05-01-2009, 08:53 AM | #11 |
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It's super early, but this is an early guess at a potential Obama pick: Leah Ward Sears - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Weare NH at that. A town so small that my wife's parents once received a letter with the address of "the grey house with the chicken coop"
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I saw that mentioned in the AJC this morning, and after my eyes stopped rolling I saw what I would consider a possible sleeper pick in their article listing other possibilities : Yale Law Pres. Harold Hongju Koh
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In the words of Chairman Kaga...
LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!!! CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - List of possible replacements for Justice David Souter « - Blogs from CNN.com Quote:
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05-01-2009, 11:16 AM | #15 |
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Too bad the blind guy is old...he sounds great!
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05-01-2009, 11:21 AM | #17 |
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hahah - nice typo!
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If Obama appoints a sharp candidate that meets some useful political criteria -- woman, hispanic, etc. -- it will be political suicide for the some Republicans to block the nomination.
Sotomayor's name seems to be at the top of everyone's list, which suggests to me it probably won't be her. I think the liberal base may view her as too centrist, but that won't stop the conservative base from dismissing her as a left-wing judicial activist. The only prediction that I back 100% -- The Daily Show will be able to do an entire half-hour special on Republicans who said during Roberts/Alito that the Senate should give nominees an up-or-down vote but now say the fillibuster is a valid defense and vice versa with Democrats who supported a fillibuster but now want an up-or-down vote. |
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This is how I felt too. I genuinely liked the guy. So much so, that I gave Bush Sr. credit for nominating such a moderate. I was quite a bit surprised when he went well to the liberal side of the court...I expected him to be more like Kennedy or O'Connor. This guy is hated in conservative circles for betraying the cause, but he is genuinely nice. Moreso than any other justice, I'd like him to write a book about his time on the court. |
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i eagerly look forward to this
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Deval Patrick would be an awful pick. He has been a horrible governor in Massachusetts.
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