BREAKING NEWS! supreme court opening?! O'Connor Retires

[PatboyX]

cant find it on the news.
heard it mentioned once that o'connor retired..
then nothing more!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co...cle/2005/07/01/AR2005070100305_pf.html

thanks polm.
no more info now, i spose.

more info

bio from wikipedia

 

[Darkhawk28]

Don't know, but I'll look for it.

 

[PatboyX]

i mean, im looking but i see nothing. and i cant check the tv...im at work.
radio doesnt seem to care.

 

[polm]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co...cle/2005/07/01/AR2005070100305_pf.html

 

[2Xtreme21]

Yes o'connor has retired. I just turned on CNN.

Haha just flipped on Fox News: Smiles everywhere. -_-

 

[Darkhawk28]

This just in:

President Bush just announced that his first nomination to the United State Supreme Court will be.... HIMSELF. He'll serve a dual role for the next 3 1/2 years.

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
Yes o'connor has retired. I just turned on CNN.

Haha just flipped on Fox News: Smiles everywhere. -_-

ha!
that makes a good probability of two appointments, no?

 

[2Xtreme21]

Dammit. O'Conner was THE deciding vote. She kept the liberal majority in the S.C.

Just announced, Bush will be making a statement within the next 40 minutes.

Edit: Haha, Gonzales (Attorney Gen.) is the "#1 Appointment Decision" according to CNN.

 

[chambersc]

I KNEW IT!!!!! I was thinking the last monday "all this fuss about reinquist wouldn't it be funny if o'connor upstaged him."

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
Dammit. O'Conner was THE deciding vote. She kept the liberal majority in the S.C.

Just announced, Bush will be making a statement within the next 40 minutes.

Edit: Haha, Gonzales (Attorney Gen.) is the "#1 Appointment Decision" according to CNN.

yeah, thats been tossed around for a while.

 

[Czar]

Isnt Gonzales a really bad choice?

 

[2Xtreme21]

I heard he was pretty hard-line.

 

[imported_tss4]

Hmmm.... I bet we see a lot of push by the right to revesit some controversal court decisions.

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: tss4
Hmmm.... I bet we see a lot of push by the right to revesit some controversal court decisions.

i think my tipping point will be if roe v wade gets overturned then ill be considering moving...elsewhere.

 

[imported_tss4]

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: tss4
Hmmm.... I bet we see a lot of push by the right to revesit some controversal court decisions.

i think my tipping point will be if roe v wade gets overturned then ill be considering moving...elsewhere.

well, she joined the liberals on that particular topic, so her loss hurts the pro-choice camp.

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: tss4
Hmmm.... I bet we see a lot of push by the right to revesit some controversal court decisions.

i think my tipping point will be if roe v wade gets overturned then ill be considering moving...elsewhere.

thats a little dramatic.
but i doubt they will even touch it.

 

[zendari]

I don't understand why rehnquist hasn't retired. He's about to drop dead, and Bush's politics match his own pretty well.

My guess is he is waiting for 2006 to see if the Republicans get 60 senators.


Good news for Bush.

 

[Ferocious]

Originally posted by: Czar
Isnt Gonzales a really bad choice?

Not sure actually.

But he's from Texas. So that aint a good start.

 

[imported_tss4]

Originally posted by: zendari
I don't understand why rehnquist hasn't retired. He's about to drop dead, and Bush's politics match his own pretty well.

My guess is he is waiting for 2006 to see if the Republicans get 60 senators.


Good news for Bush.

why would he wait for 60 senators? Doesn't he assume that his replacement would be conservative like himself? I can't imagine bush not putting a conservative up. Its a golden opportunity for him to do so and it would go along way towards appeasing the core of his party.

 

[Taggart]

The Senate will revisit the judicial filibuster and 'nuclear option' very soon I predict.

 

[zendari]

Originally posted by: tss4

Originally posted by: zendari
I don't understand why rehnquist hasn't retired. He's about to drop dead, and Bush's politics match his own pretty well.

My guess is he is waiting for 2006 to see if the Republicans get 60 senators.


Good news for Bush.

why would he wait for 60 senators? Doesn't he assume that his replacement would be conservative like himself? I can't imagine bush not putting a conservative up. Its a golden opportunity for him to do so and it would go along way towards appeasing the core of his party.

So you don't get c*cokblocked by the dems.

 

[imported_tss4]

Originally posted by: zendari
So you don't get c*cokblocked by the dems.

I suspect the senate wont hesitate to use the nuclear option over this one. Its too big an opportunity for them.

 

[NeoV]

I would think the Bush camp wants Renquist to follow suit....now

 

[Ferocious]

Originally posted by: Czar
Isnt Gonzales a really bad choice?

Well he's from the South, so that aint a good start.

 

[polm]

Originally posted by: tss4

Originally posted by: zendari
So you don't get c*cokblocked by the dems.

I suspect the senate wont hesitate to use the nuclear option over this one. Its too big an opportunity for them.

"It's Nucular dummy, the 's' is silent" --Peter G.