Supreme Court Justice Souter to Retire
by QuestionGirl • Thursday, April 30th, 2009 - 11:43 pmOne of the most important, lasting decisions a president makes are Supreme Court appointments.
Tagged: Supreme Court, retire, souterU.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter plans to retire, U.S. media reported on Thursday, a development that would give President Barack Obama his first chance to make an appointment to the court.
NBC News and National Public Radio cited unidentified sources in reports that Souter, considered one of the court’s liberal members, would step down. A spokeswoman for the Supreme Court said Souter “has no comment on these reports that he is planning to resign.”
May 1st, 2009 at 7:17 am
Well I hope President Obama tackles this without the republican ball-washing we've seen elsewhere.