Posted on 09/02/2009 10:12:55 AM PDT by Steelfish
Could slow hiring indicate Stevens retirement? Souter's failure to hire clerks was a signal he was contemplating leaving
John Paul Stevens, 89, joined the court in 1975 and is the second-oldest justice in the court's history, after Oliver Wendell Holmes.
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has hired fewer law clerks than usual, generating speculation that the leader of the court's liberals will retire next year.
If Stevens does step down, he would give President Barack Obama his second high court opening in two years. Obama chose Justice Sonia Sotomayor for the court when Justice David Souter announced his retirement in May.
Souter's failure to hire clerks was the first signal that he was contemplating leaving the court.
Stevens, 89, joined the court in 1975 and is the second-oldest justice in the court's history, after Oliver Wendell Holmes. He is the seventh-longest-serving justice, with more than 33 years and eight months on the court.
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He’s just another dirtbag like Souter.
Another swap of one loser for another.
Net effect - zero change.
And who knows? Maybe the gutless, spineless castrati on the GOP side will take off the kid gloves and go after whoever Zero picks this time instead of giving another incompetent boob like Soda-Major a cakewalk.
Please, Lord - not until after 2010!
He is worst than Souter
The next nominee will undoubtedly be picked for their visible attributes rather than their judicial skills. At least that’s how the last one was picked.
Since already we have a woman, a hispanic and a black already on the court, I predict that Obama will nominate a homosexual and/or a muslim.
Sorry - that's WHY. He can read the writing on the wall. (kodachroh-oh-ome)
Could be!
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