SCOTUS Issues

SCOTUS Issues

I hope they retire with enough tme for Bush to find good replacements. Meanwhile, watch for the Dems to raise holy heck ove rthe idea of replacing a conservative justice with, gasp!, a conservative justice.

Rehnquist, O'Connor Mull Retirement (washingtonpost.com)

Senate Democrats have successfully held off a vote on two of Bush's nominees for lower federal courts this year, while allowing other nominations to go forward. Unless the Republican majority forces a change in Senate rules, the Democrats seem able to muster a similar filibuster over a Supreme Court nominee, lawyers say.