Posted on 09/03/2009 8:06:02 AM PDT by RaiderRose
For a historian, newly retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter seems exasperatingly shortsighted.
He didn’t want cameras filming the court’s public business during his 19 years on the nation’s highest tribunal.
Now, he doesn’t want scholars prying into his papers for 50 years.
Who’ll be around by then who knew him?
(Excerpt) Read more at star-telegram.com ...
Mash notes to Barney Frank?
To me that says that he’s not very proud of his record and does not want his papers examined while he’s still alive.
...does it remind you perhaps of that episode of Seinfeld where George burned his fiancee’s father’s cabin down?
I am pretty sure that is the point
Souter does not want people that knew him commenting on his thinking and he does not want people who knew him harmed by what is in his papers.
Who is around now that knows him?
he does not want people who knew him harmed by what is in his papers.”
If Souter was exemplary in his personal life and in how he conducted himself as a officer of the courts, who could be hurt by it?
So if we can restaff the house and senate in the upcoming election, why cant the congress simply repeal tons of this socialist agenda and get the country back on track? Isnt all this ultimately in the hands of the Congress? Why cant the Congress tell the Resident, Put up or pack up?
He was a turn coat, a Bush41 man who might as well have been appointed by Clinton or Obama. Screw him.
Perhaps his grandchildren will find it of interest.
Oh wait......
Wasn't it Kramer's cigar that burned down the cabin? ("My cubans!!")
Hey, that was KRAMER who left a lit cigar....geesh...
Can we send Sandy Burglar in the archives to pull a heist???? I can’t wait 50 yrs - at least, not if Obamstercare is in effect....
It’s my understanding that in order to repeal legislation, it would have to be repealed by both houses of Congress and also be signed by the President. If Obama vetoes the repeal, then Congress would have to have enough votes to override his veto. Things are looking good right now for Repubs to take back one or perhaps even both houses of Congress, but I think it’s highly unlikely that they would win enough votes to override a veto.
Yes, but it would be a heck of a good start, there’s always 2012, if we live that long.
Agreed! :)
Isn't the same true of the JFK White House tapes?
We are approaching the date but the tapes may oxidize or "disappear" by then.
Not that I am any fan of Souter but no man that rises to the highest levels of political life is a saint, they all have written, said or done things that someone can use to tarnish their reputations.
The people that advise the Justices write to in the expectation that their correspondence will be kept in confidence. Once the Justice’s papers are opened to historians all of these letters will be publicly available. Justice Souter is try to respect the privacy of those who advised him in expectation of his discretion.
His sealing his papers for 50 years is not surprising or unusual. Most presidents have done it for at least some of their papers.
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