January 07, 2003
Hmm
Oral argument for Virginia v. Black is available. More thoughts to follow once I've read it.
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Correct me if I'm wrong
From The New York Times last week:
The three oldest justices are Republicans, and White House officials believe that two of them, Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justice Sandra Day O`Connor, would be most likely to retire, given the knowledge that a Republican president would pick their replacements.
John Paul Stevens? Republican? Measured how? He IS a Republican appointee, and given the context of the article, that may be what the author meant. But perhaps the fact that all three of the oldest justices on the court are Republican appointees but one of them does *not* seem particularly consonant with the current presidential administration is a good counter-example to Rehnquist's statement that Republican appointees retire in Republican presidencies. I'd wager the same will be true for Souter, eventually.
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