Posted on 04/09/2010 7:35:40 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
Per Foxnews Alert
He wants to be replaced before the new congress.
Ha! With all the Dems ‘retiring’ because they couldn’t get re-elected, I bet the WH has been inundated with hints. Can you imagine the uproar if he named Stupak!?!
Naw he likes her as Secretary of State.
She’s been out of the way. she wouldn’t take it.
She wants to take on Obama in 2012.
Cass Sunstein?? LOL
Arlen's a old dried up whore. He's lucky if he gets cab fare home.
John Paul Stevens was placed on the SCOTUS by Gerald Ford. I remember Ford saying that he had read Steven’s briefs written while Stevens sat on a Federal Appealate Court and Ford emphasized that he concurred with Stevens’ written opinions. It was readily apparent that Steven’s was a leftist/liberal, and this misguided high court selection gave candidate Ronald Reagan more political traction against the bumbling Ford.
I don’t think anyone is surprised that Stevens would retire during the Obama administration. I always believed that Steven’s was more than a bit disingenous when he claimed that he was a “Conservative” on the Court. Moreover, I think that Stevens wanted to time this while Obama has a strong majority in the Senate, so Obama can get another “wise latina” type choice through this radical body. Perhaps Stevens’ believes that Obama would have to select a more “moderate” liberal if the GOP picked up another 8 or 9 seats in the next Senate elections.
I understand he's staying in D.C. though. He doesn't want to leave his boyfriend's behind.
When people finally get deadly serious about removing the marxist tyrants, options will become available to remove even the marxist SC justices from their positions of power over the people of this nation. This will be done through either the need to fill a newly “vacated” seat or through the irrelevancy of the position in the context of certain states and the people of those states.
Justice Stevens was Jerry Ford’s worst mistake; a truly stupid appointment made over the objections of conservatives by a go-along, get-along politician who had been in DC far too long.
OH yes, just before the Nov elections we will get to point out the C/F/S drive by the Dummies.
Thanks Stevens. Free campaign material!
We would be lucky to get Arlen.
First off he’s unpredictable, and would be guaranteed to produce a few accidental opinions we might like.
But the biggest reason is that he’s old.
And that’s probably why it’s a pipe dream.
Agreed.
“If the Republicans had a lick of sense, they would filibuster the next Obama appointee and leave the seat unfilled until 2012, just like democrats did President Bush’s lower federal court nominees during his last two years in office.”
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You’re absolutely right. I hope they do it, but I doubt it.
Interesting..
I wonder what kind of backroom deals are going on
between Arlen, Obama.. Stevens.. and others.
If you wanted to know if the Donks were going to lose the Senate in November, this indicates that the smart money thinks they will. Otherwise, why pick this fight before the election?
I'm not optimistic either. Even Sotomayor, with all of her obviously biased, racist and incendiary public record, was backed by nine Republican Senators.
bump
Ugh.
Notice all these “retirement” decisions are dumped on the American public on a Friday.
PR 101
Any takers?
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