[rwfromkansas]

Are you completely insane?

He resigned of his own free will. The admin had nothing to do with it.

[grandpa jones]

And, the seven figure salary offer may have played a small part in his decision.

[Paul Ross]

Are you completely insane?

No. Not yet anyways! Are you?

He resigned of his own free will.

Nobody is saying different.

The admin had nothing to do with it.

They didn't ask for it. But they certainly had sent signals that he "wasn't on their short list" for the next Supreme Court appointments. He was not Politically Correct...being lamentably a white male.