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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 09:18 PM
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NBC Breaking News: Supreme Court Justice David Souter to Retire
 
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NBC News Reports: Supreme Court Justice David Souter To Retire.
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theoldman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 09:26 PM
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1. Souter will be hard to replace.
Where will they find someone as strange as Souter?
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iandhr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 09:50 PM
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2. The President
does not have enough to do
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bloomington-lib Donating Member (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 09:57 PM
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3. Didn't Obama say the other day
that he was surprised by how many things are coming up all at once. I wonder when he'll get a vacation. Bush already had his farmers tan by this time.
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 11:11 PM
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7. The President loves the challenge of the job
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Joe Bacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:13 PM
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4. Mr. President, Name Jonathan Turley to replace Souter!
I can't think of a better replacement for Justice Souter!
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 12:01 AM
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8. I like that choice.
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:27 PM
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5. Hallelujah!
Hope the guy's okay, but let's start stackin' that court!
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-30-09 10:52 PM
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6. Mr Justice William Jefferson Clinton
C'mon, bro, um, Mr President, you KNOW it's right.

:patriot:
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 01:45 AM
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11. I was thinking the same thing!
C'mon dog! Hook a brother up!!!
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Piewhacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 12:18 AM
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9. When will ScaliaThomas retire? When When bloody when????
Now! I want ScaliaThomas to retire NOW!

Don't we have 60 votes yet?
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 01:08 AM
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10. Possibilities
Edited on Fri May-01-09 01:22 AM by Tx4obama
1) Sonia Sotomayor - Hispanic female - judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
2) Elena Kagan - female - the current solicitor general who represents the government before the Supreme Court
3) Kathleen Sullivan - female (gay)
4) Diane Wood - female - federal judge in Chicago who taught at the University of Chicago at the same time future President Barack Obama was teaching constitutional law there
5) Harold Hongju Koh - Asian male

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CubicleGuy Donating Member (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 03:08 AM
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12. Life is like a Supreme Court Justice nomination...
You never know what you're going to get.

They pointed out that Souter was appointed by Bush I, and they, no doubt, were expecting a conservative to end up in the lineup as a result. But, as the news guy pointed out, they were surprised to find out that they managed to get somebody going the wrong way for them.

So, who's to say it can't happen again with Obama?
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quaker bill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:58 AM
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13. It could happen
But it is important to remember that Pres. Bush I did not have a commanding partisan majority in the Senate to confirm, so he had to pick someone a good number of Democrats would buy off on.

President Obama will not be constrained to the same extent because he starts with a much larger advantage. He will have to keep Spectre and the blue dogs on board, but just barely. So he will not be able to go far left, but solid left should not be a problem.
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