7/14/2005

8 Responses to “Rehnquist Not Retiring”

1. Part of me says “I told you so.”

   Paul Deignan (664c74) — 7/14/2005 @ 8:05 pm

   
   

2. I’m not sure we’re getting a Republican next time.

   I agree, unless we can somehow draft Condi.

   CraigC (b6a973) — 7/14/2005 @ 10:06 pm

   
   

3. Will Hillary appoint Bill to the court?

   Flap (adece0) — 7/14/2005 @ 10:29 pm

   
   

4. A third side of me says “Woo-hoo, there went that idiotic idea of drafting Sandra Day O’Connor as Chief Justice.”

   Xrlq (3646a1) — 7/15/2005 @ 12:11 am

   
   

5. Part of me says, “Mr. Rehnquist is deliberately doing a lot of people a favor here, by ensuring that SDO’s replacement is nominated, and probably confirmed, before he retires.”

   Just not sure if he’s doing this on Bush’s request, or on his own.

   ras (f9de13) — 7/15/2005 @ 12:39 am

   
   

6. Part of me says, “Why am I here? Why are we all here?”

   George O'Malley (664c74) — 7/15/2005 @ 1:53 am

   
   

7. I don’t think it’s in Rehnquist’s power to stay on that long. I also don’t think this is a particularly good idea, as the chance that the court is 4-4 on important issues next term increases. Where that has to do with overturning certain precedent (e.g. partial birth), which the lower courts will have followed, it will be unfortunate.

   Kevin Murphy (6a7945) — 7/15/2005 @ 9:36 am

   
   

8. Actually, it benefits a change to a conservative court if Rehnquist holds on for a while.

   I will be blogging on that soon.

   Flap (adece0) — 7/15/2005 @ 10:42 am