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Friday, April 29, 2011

Courts - SCOTUS justices planning to stay put

Mark Sherman of the AP reports that no justices are planning to retire this year. But see this in the long story:

A prominent law professor, Randall Kennedy of Harvard Law School, is hoping that Ginsburg reconsiders and that she is joined by Justice Stephen Breyer. Breyer said recently he has given no thought to retirement.

It's Kennedy's view that the two justices should take one for the team - those who share their liberal-leaning judicial philosophy.

Kennedy fears that if Obama loses his re-election, chances are a Republican president would get to appoint their replacements.

The WSJ Law Blog also takes note of the Kennedy article, in an entry headed "We Love You, Ruth, But Could You Kindly Step Aside."

Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 29, 2011 01:36 PM
Posted to Courts in general