Snowe, Collins, Landrieu, Boxer URGE O'CONNOR TO STAY ON!

[Bluebear]

Four female senators called Thursday for retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to stay on the court and try for chief justice if the ailing William Rehnquist steps down.

In a letter to O'Connor, Republicans Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine and Democrats Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Barbara Boxer of California asked the nation's first female justice to consider staying on the high court if Chief Justice Rehnquist relinquishes the top spot.

Rehnquist was discharged Thursday after two nights in the hospital for treatment of a fever. O'Connor announced her retirement on July 1, but has made it conditional on a replacement being confirmed.

"We urge you to reconsider your resignation and return to the Supreme Court to serve as chief justice, should there be a vacancy," the senators said in the Thursday letter.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050714/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_senate&printer=1

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[Carolab]

I'm no fan of Sandra, but I shudder to think who'd step in. n/t

[Bluebear]

2. Aye. nt

[Rosco T.]

1. I could live with it... n/m

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. I'll take O'Connor over Scalia any day

[BrklynLiberal]

4. Much better than the alternative possibilites.

[chelsea0011]

5. I'd rather see Snowe and Collins stand up to Bush with his

over-the-top right wing appointments.

[Bluebear]

6. I'd rather see them switch parties

Come on, ladies, just do it.

[sandnsea]

7. Liberal Republicans

We need them right where they are. Switching parties would mean pulling the Dem Party (and the country) even more to the right, which we definitely don't need. We need to force these kind of Republicans to take on the fundies on the most extreme issues, Dems have taken the heat for these people far too long.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. I understand she is no friend to us on most issues and that she wants

to retire, but dang it she helped serve up thiis mess in 200 and should stick around to help clean it up.

I hope first female chief justice is a big enough carrot to entice her back.