Supreme Court Justice O'Connor Retires

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/01/AR2005070100650_pf.html

O'Connor to Retire From Supreme Court

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said Friday she is retiring.

O'Connor, 75, said she expects to leave before the start of the court's next term in October, or whenever the Senate confirms her successor. There was no immediate word from the White House on who might be nominated to replace O'Connor.

It's been 11 years since the last opening on the court, one of the longest uninterrupted stretches in history. O'Connor's decision gives Bush his first opportunity to appoint a justice.

"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."
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O'Connor retires..

Swinging Sandy has done us the favor of getting down off the fence and letting GW post a constitutionalist as her replacement.
O'Connor retires!

Oops....Sorry about the dupe post. Blues Man beat me to it...
 
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Janice Rodgers Brown would make a great replacement. :D If GW nominates Gonzales he needs tared, feathered, dipped in vanilla and thrown to the hogs.
 
Beware! getting appointed to a lifetime postion does strange things to some folks...

Sometimes Supreme Court justices are like a box of chocolates. :eek:
 
Swinging Sandy has done us the favor of getting down off the fence and letting GW post a constitutionalist as her replacement.
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Personally I prefer someone who analyzes an issue rather than just spout off a la doctinaire

Much as I like Scalia, I dont alwys find his opinions to be legally correct

WildlethedebatebeginwithoutmeAlaska
 
Swinging Sandra has done us a favor by getting off the bench and letting GW post a Constutionalist as her replacement.
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As if GW will appoint a Constitutionalist that'll rule against McCain-Feingold, the Constitution gutting War on (some) Drugs, PATRIOT etc... :rolleyes:

I'll be happy if he nominates someone who has at least READ the Constitution.
 
I remember (barely) when O'Connor was nominated by Reagan. She was supposed to be a conservative. It turns out she was a judge. Hopefully we'll do that well again.
 
As if GW will appoint a Constitutionalist that'll rule against McCain-Feingold, the Constitution gutting War on (some) Drugs, PATRIOT etc...
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Well dammit, that's why a few of us voted for him, just on the off chance he might pick a Justice along the lines of those he's said he admired (Thomas, Scalia, etc)
 
If he admired all those justices and what they stood for, why did he sign unConstitutional bills into law in the first place?
The first mistake was listening to what he had to say rather than watching what he does.
 
As far as judges go....

If he admired all those justices and what they stood for, why did he sign unConstitutional bills into law in the first place?
The first mistake was listening to what he had to say rather than watching what he does.
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Weren't we just treated to an example of his actions when he stood by his appellate court nominees in the face of a Democratic fillibuster? Seems to me rather indicative of how he's going to react to the inevitable lefty riot when he announces his appointment.
Not sure what unconstitutional bills he signed, but I can't wait for SCOTUS to strike them down.....
 
WildwhereyabeenAlaska, did you ever get around to reading Justice Thomas' decision in the Raich case?
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We have been swamped AND shortstaffed, only had a chance to skim it....reading Supreme Couret decisions aint my idea of fun, even when I was getting $200 per hour fer it...:)

Much rather toss lead down range!!!!

WildgonnashootthesterlingAlaska
 
it will be gonzales you can almost count on it. bush is looking for a hispanic. if the guy is qualified then thats fine, but to hire someone BECAUSE of his skin color is just as bad as not hiring someone because of skin color.


this happened recently in houston, when the superintendent of H.I.S.D. retired, the school board openly stated that they were going to pick a hispanic. they found one, a guy who left the corpus i.s.d. in a scandal.

appoint/hire the best person for the job.
 
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