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EconomicLiberal (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:44 PM Original message |
Who will be the first SCOTUS justice to retire? |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. I would hope Clarence Thomas. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Thomas will only leave when the grim reaper sez it's time. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. He sleeps on the bench so it's not like he is working on anything. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. I hope Scalia. |
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Morrisons Ghost (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. He's 68 |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Actually, Scalia's 72. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Well 72 isn't very old by Scotus standards. |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Unfortunately it will be Judge Stevens |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. No frickin way |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. yup |
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jerryster (685 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Agreed. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. That is fine. It will mean that their replacment will be younger and be around longer. |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Justice Stevens has toughed it out for one reason: Chimp v. Gore. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. i'm wondering if it won't be ruth bader ginsburg |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. It'll be Ginsberg.... |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I think it is going to be a close call. |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Didn't Ginsberg have cancer or something? |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. Yes, and Stevens is old, but healthy. Ginsburg first. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. Stevens |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. Maybe we should all pray for Scalia and Thomas to be "removed" by God's will. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. Very few of the justices died while in office. |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. there will be two Justices who will want to retire, and they are both |
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rdmtimp (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Stevens was appointed by Gerald Ford n/t |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. And approved 98-0 by a 63-37 Democratic Senate |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. Hopefully it's fucking Scabia. |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hillary for SCOTUS! |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. What about Hillary AND Bill? Any law against that? I don't think so. |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Clinton flunked the DC bar exam |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. We are likely to see 2 retirements quickly |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. I doubt we'll see any retirements until the spring or summer. |
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galaxy21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think Anthony Kennedy wants to go |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. tired of being the swing vote? Ha! |
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galaxy21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Kennedy pissed off a lot of conservatives when changed his mind on roe versus wade in 1992 |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. He isn't feeling anything, except ass kissing during oral arguments |
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jerryster (685 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Preserving the status quo... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Thomas and Scalia might be replaced. |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Thomas is still relatievly young, but neither he nor Scalia look like health nuts. |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. Stevens, and it will be at the conclusion of the current term (around June). |
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Independent_Voice (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. My prediction |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. You're right about Sotomayor. She's a shoe-in. |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
39. As far as replacements go: women, women, women. |
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