Justice Souter Plans to Retire from the Supreme Court

By Heather Friday May 01, 2009 5:30am

John Amato:

Things got a whole lot more interesting for President Obama. Justice David Souter is retiring from the bench and the president will be able to pick a true progressive judge to fill the vacancy in the coming months. I doubt he wanted to tackle this topic so soon with everything else on his plate, but that's the hand he was dealt and I look forward to being involved heavily in the process. I can only imagine what will come out of the mouths of the teabaggers and FOX News. Brace yourself, this is going to get ugly on their side very quickly. I hope to have our website released soon that will be dedicated to the Supreme Court. It's already designed and I'm lining up the troops as we speak.

From The Rachel Maddow Show April 30, 2009. Justice David Souter plans to retire from the Supreme Court. From the MSNBC press release:

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Remember how the Democrats in congress rolled over and approved George Bush's nominees. Remember how they didn't even get answers to their questions and they still confirmed them. I'll be surprised if Obama's first choice gets confirmed. Tom