Too bad it wasn't one of the conservative Justices.

the current term doesnt end for a few months. the next one doesnt start until late fall. it will be months before this gets interesting, if ever.

No.
Freaking.
Way.

This should be freaking awesome as hell.

Too bad it isn't Scalia.

This should generate maximum whargarble.

Far farkin' out, more liberals on the Supreme Bench.

Suck it, pro-lifers and religious nuts.

Oh noes! Obama Hussein is going to appoint an abortion doctor to the Supreme Court!

William Ayers.

Book it. Done.

Republican douchebaggery in 1... 2... 3...

Doesn't the man have enough to do?

Me me me me! Ohhhhhh! Pick me!!

AirForceVet: Far farkin' out, more liberals on the Supreme Bench.

Suck it, pro-lifers and religious nuts.

Actually, it's a liberal that's retiring. So no change, really.

notq: Too bad it isn't Scalia.

I hope Scalia accidently drinks the tea prepared by Man Coulter.

/That's a joke, for you in the press.

NOT SOUTER!!!

WFern: Too bad it wasn't one of the conservative Justices.

None of the right-wing justices are old enough.

(Why does the right get all the gun-crazed whackjobs?)

WFern: Too bad it wasn't one of the conservative Justices.

At least he waited for bush to leave.

So my guns are gonna become gay now, right?

fta: 'Justice David Souter has decided to retire from the Supreme Court when the current term ends'

uhmmmm maybe i'm not up to date with this stuff... but i thought they were appointed until they were either unfit for service or they retire...

didn't know there were 'terms' for the supreme court

/oh that was npr reporting...
//go figure

Dammit, do the mods greenlight the one that has fewer comments intentionally so that we get to have the same six discussions over and over and over and over and over and...

Sixty Dems. Constitutional scholar appointing a justice. I can sleep well tomorrow.

WFern: Too bad it wasn't one of the conservative Justices.

Pretty much.

/next time

awesome, finally we can have a liberal activist judge with the guts to stand up during a trial and just freaking murder some babies.

DoctorCal: This should generate maximum whargarble.

Damn it! I had just drafted Souter to my Federal Courts Fantasy League team.

SobrietyFighter: fta: 'Justice David Souter has decided to retire from the Supreme Court when the current term ends'

uhmmmm maybe i'm not up to date with this stuff... but i thought they were appointed until they were either unfit for service or they retire...

didn't know there were 'terms' for the supreme court

/oh that was npr reporting...
//go figure

You should, oh, maybe know something before you open your clam hole.

'For life; or until death, retirement, resignation, or impeachment comes first.'

so which one is it?

I think we need to disband the Supreme Court.

In these times of economic upheaval, it's irresponsible to continue paying extra for tomatoes and sour cream.

notq: Too bad it isn't Scalia.

Why? He's the only one who understands the court is not an extension of the legislative....

Too bad it isn't Thomas.

SobrietyFighter: didn't know there were 'terms' for the supreme court

SCOTUS has a schedule. They hear cases for X amount of time, then adjourn for X amount of time. Souter's saying that when this current session is up, he's gone.

Wasn't Souter appointed by Dubya's dad though?

/confused that he would have picked a liberal.

It doesn't matter who he appoints. He's not even a citizen and all of the things he's doing will be invalidated and undone in 2010 when the Republicans take control back.

Supreme Court Justice Hillary Clinton

Its unlikely Obama will get to truly change the makeup of the court, even if he gets another term. Souter is fairly liberal, and the next justices likely to die or retire are Ginsberg and Stevens, also liberals.

Occam's Chainsaw: SobrietyFighter: didn't know there were 'terms' for the supreme court

SCOTUS has a schedule. They hear cases for X amount of time, then adjourn for X amount of time. Souter's saying that when this current session is up, he's gone.

so what is x?

SobrietyFighter: fta: 'Justice David Souter has decided to retire from the Supreme Court when the current term ends'

uhmmmm maybe i'm not up to date with this stuff... but i thought they were appointed until they were either unfit for service or they retire...

didn't know there were 'terms' for the supreme court

/oh that was npr reporting...
//go figure

Oh, LOL!!! The USSC is in session (aka TERM) from FMO until whenever they clear their docket.

SubBass49: Wasn't Souter appointed by Dubya's dad though?

/confused that he would have picked a liberal.

Dem Congress.

Jeremiah Wright, Supreme Court Justice.

I like the sound of that.

I_Can't_Believe_it's_not_Boutros: In these times of economic upheaval, it's irresponsible to continue paying extra for tomatoes and sour cream.

And extra cheese. Don't forget the extra cheese.

SobrietyFighter: so what is x?

Damned if I know. You have the googles and the wikis, son, use 'em!

I_Can't_Believe_it's_not_Boutros: I think we need to disband the Supreme Court.

In these times of economic upheaval, it's irresponsible to continue paying extra for tomatoes and sour cream.

I LOL'd

Scalia is like one of those fat old bastards you see if you go to the smaller towns in Sicily, runs the entire town, an affable, superintelligent son of a biatch that will live forever.

I think that man eats butter for breakfast but he'll live to be a hundred.

Anyway... NOT SOUTER!

SobrietyFighter: Occam's Chainsaw: SobrietyFighter: didn't know there were 'terms' for the supreme court

SCOTUS has a schedule. They hear cases for X amount of time, then adjourn for X amount of time. Souter's saying that when this current session is up, he's gone.

so what is x?

I've got a brilliant idea. WHY NOT READ THE ARTICLE.

cosmiquemuffin: Republican douchebaggery in 1... 2... 3...

Being dyslectic is no way to go through life.

SobrietyFighter: fta: 'Justice David Souter has decided to retire from the Supreme Court when the current term ends'

uhmmmm maybe i'm not up to date with this stuff... but i thought they were appointed until they were either unfit for service or they retire...

didn't know there were 'terms' for the supreme court

/oh that was npr reporting...
//go figure

The court has a Calendar that runs from the first Monday in October until sometime in June, when they take a break. Those periods of time are called terms.

I didn't there were people that didn't know that.

/oh that was SobrietyFighter commenting
//go figure
/// kidding, but why the slam on npr?

What's the youngest, healthiest judge he can appoint?

JammerJim: Its unlikely Obama will get to truly change the makeup of the court, even if he gets another term. Souter is fairly liberal, and the next justices likely to die or retire are Ginsberg and Stevens, also liberals.

Well, you could argue that the "liberal" portion of the Court currently isn't particularly liberal in the grand scheme of things. It's possible a more leftist voice could be added with enough chutzpah (sp?) to push everything back towards (IMO) the political center.

SubBass49: Wasn't Souter appointed by Dubya's dad though?

/confused that he would have picked a liberal.

Souter wasn't supposed to be a liberal.

Let's hope Obama picks a guy who won't turn out to be conservative. And also that Scalia and Thomas retire.

SobrietyFighter: so what is x?

From First Monday in October until Memorial Day (or so).

Judge Mathis is a shoe in.

RevMercutio: Dem Congress.

Yeah. But a Dem Congress also gave Bush his choice of Clarence Farking Thomas.