Firebird
04-30-2009, 11:25 PM
This is he biggest news of the day. Appointing SCOTUS justices is one of the ways a POTUS' influence can live on the longest. As the saying goes, once you become a justice on the Supreme Court, you get to stay so long as you aren't caught with a dead girl or a live boy......We'll be seeing the effects of the Roberts and Alito appointments for perhaps a decade or so.
Anyway, Souter has been a longtime liberal voice on the Court and likely feels comfortable stepping down knowing that Obama will appoint another left leaning justice. It will be interesting to see what route he takes here.
Anyway, Souter has been a longtime liberal voice on the Court and likely feels comfortable stepping down knowing that Obama will appoint another left leaning justice. It will be interesting to see what route he takes here.