Justice O'Connor Retires
 

Just saw it on TV. Any thoughts?

Link to the Story

I'm moving to Canada before the right-wing-nut-job GWB appoints takes away all my civil rights and forces me to live the rest of my life barefoot and pregnant.

Alberto Gonzalez have been mentioned as Bush's candidate to replace O'Connor.

I wasn't aware that her husband has Alzheimer's Disease. My heart goes out to her, to have stayed with the Supreme Court for as long as she did, under those circumstances.

lol, I was just thinking that.

Anyone else think Roe v Wade will be one of the first things to go??

eta: I was unaware her husband has Alzhimer's, and since I know how painful of a diease it can be to other members of the family, I respect her decision to leave the bench. I was completely shocked to say the least.

oh boy. This is going to be a fun time :rolleyes: But it is no surprise SOMEONE stepped down, so many of them are in poor health. I did think it might be Rehnquist, but he's so damn stubborn he probably won't step down until he dies.

Very interesting for me since this is the first SC vacancy that I have much memory of. I remember the whole Clarence Thomas debacle, but only in the context of Anita Hill. I didn't really understand the whole SC thing back then. Now, well, very different story.

I think GW would have a better chance of getting a conservative woman appointed. If it has to be a conservative, I hope it's a woman.

You can cut the melodrama with a knife in here.

Seriously - chilling can be good.



kddani - on CBS, they said that there were currently very few women being fast-tracked. I was disappointed to hear that.

I also didn't know about her husband having Alzheimer's, until they included that in her reasons why she chose now to step down. I would imagine that she & Rehnquist have discussed who gets to go first, and she won the coin toss.

Oh shit.

I heard that, too, and was also disappointed. CBS mentioned there was one woman on the "short list" but CNN.com lists 2 possible- Edith H Jones and Janice Brown. But from everything I've heard/read it sounds like Emilio Garza.

Ditto.

My thoughts exactly.

Yep. I was at work, and those were still the first words out of my mouth. I'm throwing a going away party for Roe v. Wade, but I'm not going to Canada. You keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and George W. Bush as close as you can possibly get without losing IQ points!

But I do admire her for staying as long as she did. My prayers are with her.

I've said this in other threads, so why not say it here?

My first instinct is to run to Canada and get the hell out b/c what is happening to my country.

It is all happening because 550 people (approximately) are counting on our fear and a lot liberties have been compromised for "our own good". The 3 branch system was set up to avoid situations like this, our founders didn't think this would happen and I think they are all turning over in their graves.

Think about it 550 people vs. 400 million people, that is some siht.

This country was founded on the principles of protest and not complacency.

But since I love my country and don't want things to get worse, I am going to stand up and fight and write every representative that I can and say...."I'm not taking it up the ass anymore" and you Mr/s Representative work for me, now do what I want and get this country back from the dark side!

This is just the next step into hell


(ok I've been ranting way too much lately, I kinda like it when I lurked).

I'm glad she's retiring during Bush's term (although the circumstances sadden me). And I freely admit that if it were Scalia or Thomas who were retiring I'd be no happier than the liberals are right now.

Sometimes I think who ends up on top in the government is a gigantic crapshoot. It's about being at the right place at the right time in history.