Book Says Souter Mulled Resignation After Bush v. Gore

Examiner.com ^ | 9/4/07 | Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin

[Roberts]

According to Jeffrey Toobin’s new book on the Supreme Court, Justice David Souter nearly resigned in the wake of Bush v. Gore, so distraught was he over the decision that effectively ended the Florida recount and installed George W. Bush as president.

In “The Nine,” which goes on sale Sept. 18, Toobin writes that while the other justices tried to put the case behind them, “David Souter alone was shattered,” at times weeping when he thought of the case. “For many months, it was not at all clear whether he would remain as a justice,” Toobin continues. “That the Court met in a city he loathed made the decision even harder. At the urging of a handful of close friends, he decided to stay on, but his attitude toward the Court was never the same.”

Souter isn’t all despair in Toobin’s book, however. The author relates a story in which Souter played along with a stranger who mistook him for Justice Stephen Breyer. After the person asked him what the best thing about being on the court was, he replied: “Well, I’d have to say it’s the privilege of serving with David Souter.”

A court spokeswoman could not be reached over the weekend.

[Roberts]

Souter, as usual, was too smart for his own good. Why didn't he just step down? After all, he works in a place that he "loathes".

Weeping? Yikes!

[ConservativeDude]

Souter needs to meet up with Larry Craig. They have more in common than I realized.

[Badeye]

One of the bigger mistakes Bush the Elder bequethed us all.....

[kidd]

“David Souter alone was shattered,” at times weeping when he thought of the case.

Yeah, following the rules and protecting the Constitution will do that to a liberal.

It's still not too late David.

[Lazamataz]

In “The Nine,” which goes on sale Sept. 18, Toobin writes that while the other justices tried to put the case behind them, “David Souter alone was shattered,” at times weeping when he thought of the case.

He is so gay.

[Revelation 911]

That the Court met in a city he loathed

its funny what a paycheck, a little power, nice lunches, free health care, and polka night with Ruth Bader Ginsburg will make a guy tolerate

[Red Badger]

A whiny weepy liberal needs to go back to NH............

[Gay State Conservative]

Weeping? Yikes!

Rumor has it that that happens a lot with confirmed bachelors.

[Red Badger]

Shattered, shattered
Love and hope and sex and dreams
Are still surviving on the street
Look at me, Im in tatters!
Im a shattered
Shattered

Friends are so alarming
My lovers never charming
Lifes just a cocktail party on the street
Big apple
People dressed in plastic bags
Directing traffic
Some kind of fashion
Shattered

Laughter, joy, and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sex
Look at me, Im in tatters
Im a shattered
Shattered

All this chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter bout
Shmatta, shmatta, shmatta — I cant give it away on 7th avenue
This towns been wearing tatters (shattered, shattered)
Work and work for love and sex
Aint you hungry for success, success, success, success
Does it matter? (shattered) does it matter?
Im shattered.
Shattered

Ahhh, look at me, Im a shattered
Im a shattered
Look at me- Im a shattered, yeah

Pride and joy and greed and sex
Thats what makes our town the best
Pride and joy and dirty dreams and still surviving on the street
And look at me, Im in tatters, yeah
Ive been battered, what does it matter
Does it matter, uh-huh
Does it matter, uh-huh, Im a shattered

Dont you know the crime rate is going up, up, up, up, up
To live in this town you must be tough, tough, tough, tough, tough!
You got rats on the west side
Bed bugs uptown
What a mess this towns in tatters Ive been shattered
My brains been battered, splattered all over manhattan

Uh-huh, this towns full of money grabbers
Go ahead, bite the big apple, dont mind the maggots, huh
Shadoobie, my brains been battered
My friends they come around they
Flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter
Pile it up, pile it high on the platter

[wildandcrazyrussian]

If only ...

[steve8714]

If only...

[Vaquero]

Souter Mulled Resignation After Bush v. Gore

too bad this turd burglar didn't resign...more is the pity.

[Roberts]

“its funny what a paycheck, a little power, nice lunches, free health care, and polka night with Ruth Bader Ginsburg will make a guy tolerate”

LOL!

[JennysCool]

We’ve located the first BDS victim.

[wastedyears]

Easy there Laz, you might have to see a shrink for that.

:)

[Theophilus]

After all, he works in a place that he "loathes".

I wonder if he "lothes" the Super Senate Supreme Court as much as I do.

[Theophilus]

After all, he works in a place that he "loathes".

I wonder if he "loathes" the Super Senate Supreme Court as much as I do.

[FormerLib]

Gay, straight, who knows?

But he sure as hell is a sissy!

[puroresu]

Eisenhower realized after the fact that he had made a disasterous choice in putting Earl Warren on the court. I wonder if Bush #1 realizes what a mistake he made when he put Souter on the court? In addition to being a left-winger, it sounds like he’s neurotic.

Justice Scalia has been on the losing side of a lot of cases (unfortunately), yet I can’t imagine him crying like a baby over it or suffering what sounds like a near-nervous breakdown.

[Eddie01]

Does he weep for all those Americans who are losing their dream homes to cheeseball developers via uncontestable eminant domain.