[dangus]

forgot the footnote:
x-indicates a conservative

[GianniV]

John Paul Stevens is senile and should be removed from the court. It's disgusting the guy is actually still on the court.

[NeoCaveman]

If it's not announced tomorrow, I doubt it will happen this year.

If there is a retirement I think the odds are:
Stevens 75%
Souter 25%
Everyone else: 0%

[GianniV]

I will never forget watching Alito's wife crying as her husband was trashed by the liberal scum on the Senate Judiciary Committee. She couldn't listen to a good man get smeared by a bunch of sick and twisted crooks.

[NeoCaveman]

Thread of interest over at confrimthem.com, they love to speculate as much as we do http://www.confirmthem.com/?p=2544

[paul51]

On the other hand, he might want to break some records, such as Oliver Wendell Holmes' record for oldest serving justice, or William O. Douglas' record for longest term

Seems like kind of a crappy, self centered reason to want to remain on the court at 86.

[dangus]

One last note (this from my own mind): The USSC has been extremely reticent, according to news reports, to take on many cases for the next term, or to confront big issues. Could this be because Roberts expects a retirement NEXT YEAR?

[syriacus]

Just a thought-- maybe one or two of the "anti-tribunals" justices were anxious to "check and balance" Roberts, rather than "check and balance" the President.

Imagine the "treat" it must be to overturn a previous decision by the "new guy" who got the position you secretly yearned for all these years.

This is their big chance. The "anti-trubunals" justices know that, in some future rulings, Roberts will be pointing out the idiotic flaws in their previous decisions.

If someone is retiring, this could be their parting shot.

[blitzgig]

Scalia's having too much fun to retire. You can tell he loves his job. And he looks extremely healthy. We need his brilliance a while longer.

[dangus]

This post has been republished at the confirmthem blog site.