| | So, it looks like Justice Souter will be retiring by the time this term ends. That means President Obama will be able to nominate his first Supreme Court Justice. I did not expect Justice Souter to be the first to retire! I figured it would have been either Justice Ginbsurg (who has had some serious medical complications this year) or Justice Stevens (the man is 89 years old!).
Anyway, I do predict that President Obama will be nominating a woman. What I'm not sure of is if he's going to go the super liberal route (someone similar to Justice Ginsburg) or the moderate (Justice Kennedy or Justice O'Connor). I wonder if he wants a lopsided Court in favor of the liberal agenda or a balanced one. It's been a 4 conservative, 4 liberal Court with Justice Kennedy as the moderate since Justice O'Connor left. It's quite the exciting time, indeed.
At the very least, a woman's right to choose will hopefully be safeguarded in the changing Court.
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