Justice Stevens is stepping down - Breaking on NYT

[Hawaii Hiker]

http://www.nytimes.com/

[Beetwasher]

1. Man Your Battle Stations

This is going to be some ride.

[Hawaii Hiker]

2. You ain't kidding

And nothing will f-ing piss off the right more than a Goodwin Liu nomination to the SCOTUS

[onenote]

19. I would be shocked if its Liu

He was just nominated to the Court of Appeals. I suspect that the idea is to get him onto that court and have him teed up replace Ginsburg if/when she steps down.

I'm thinking a white protestant male will be named to replace Stevens.

[ShortnFiery]

3. Place your bets?

I'm first down: after all sorts of gyrations, President Obama will promote a financial (corporate) centrist who is "left of center" on social issues to replace Stevens.

I bet a round of adult beverages: ;) :toast:

[Robb]

4. I'll bet only that the usual suspects on DU

...will predictably call whatever appointment he makes "centrist" and "corporatist." :D

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

10. +1! Will they even wait for a name to surface?

Or will they just go ahead and start the smearing immediately? That's my only question.

On edit: Apparently, "Ignored" has already answered my question.

[jefferson_dem]

15. Of course, they will. I predicted also a couple weeks ago.

Any nominee not named Nader, Kuby, or Tribe is unacceptable!!1!! And will surely demonstrate once and for all that he is a corporate toolbox!

I'll eagerly await guidance from FDL, her band of firebaggers, and some angry "legal expert" editorialist on CommonDreams before ... taking action, which may involve stomping feet and holding my breath till I pass out!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=433&topic_id=259334#259403

I see the poster above has already gotten a head start... So predictable.

[Arkana]

18. Amen to that.

[Beetwasher]

7. According To Whose Definition?

:shrug: Yours? :rofl:

[PBS Poll-435]

28. ...

Funniest sig line I have seen in a VERY long time.

:thumbsup:

[CBR]

16. And it has begun... nt

[Rage Inc.]

17. Old Milwaukee, please!

Hey, I ain't fancy! (belch!)

[PBS Poll-435]

27. He is going to appoint Hillary Clinton

:nuke:




J/K

Have a nice day & weekend! :-)

[tekisui]

5. Oh yeah! Ready for some summer fun!

[Jennicut]

6. Good thing he is doing it now and not in 2011. No need to wait.

Whoever Obama picks will be far better in comparison to the idiots Bushed picked.

[queenjane]

8. Hate to see him go, but

glad he's doing it well before the mid-term elections. I'm not making any November predictions, but considering the batshit crazy tone of many "americans" these days, I'm not optimistic. We need to get as much done as possible before then . . .

[rvablue]

9. When did he say he's leaving? Thanks Justice Stevens, nice timing

if the search and nomination are going to happen during summer!

[niceypoo]

11. Hopefully this time Obama nominates someone under age 60

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

12. My nominee is the one on the far right of the picture:

[niceypoo]

14. Ding! ding! ding! ding!

We have our nomination!!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

23. Still more qualified than Harriet Miers. nt

[Cha]

35. Nice Photo,

Nicholas~

[onenote]

21. did he nominate someone over 60 the last time?

Sotamayor will be 56 next month. She is all of 7 months older than the youngest member of the Court (Roberts, who will turn 56 next January)

[Phx_Dem]

13. Sorry to see him go, but I'm thrilled that he announced it so soon before

the November elections. Just in case we lose our majority.

[Vattel]

20. I hope his replacement is as good. Big shoes to fill.

[Arkana]

22. I predict the right actually puts up less of a fight than everyone is thinking.

Stevens' replacement does not tip the balance of the court--it's still a conservative court.

They didn't filibuster Sotomayor--in fact, 8 Republicans ended up voting for her in the full Senate, including Lindsey Graham and Lamar Alexander.

If it was Scalia or Thomas who was being replaced, they'd raise hell--but I actually predict that this fight will not surpass the Sotomayor fight in terms of ugliness.

[Voltaire]

26. What party are we talking about now?

Oh they will put up a hissy fit. Because its all they have to show the base that they are actually doing something besides pouting.

[Arkana]

29. Oh, I expect a huge hissy fit.

But I meant as far as a parliamentary fight.

[Cosmocat]

31. She was a hispanic woman ...

BO check mated them out of the gate ...

They had a point of diminishing returns throwing their crape at her where their small mindedness started to bite them in the tail - knocking one of the few woman and first real hispanic to be nominated ...

And it still turned into a small scale three ring circus ...

They are in full out jaggoff mode going into the mid term - I can tell you now, without knowing who it is, that the MSM will be wildly parroting the "most left wing, extremist, unamerican SC nominee in history ..."

[Thrill]

24. Deval Patrick

is the person I'm thinking he will pick. I don't it will be Kagan.

[jefferson_dem]

25. Didn't think about that one but sounds intriguing.

He's young, with trailblazing experience in the "legal world", and without a record as a judge, and would be a stellar minority pick. That's good. Plus he's not exactly a big hit as governor. I worry about his role in the Piscataway v. Taxman case, however. It's another hot button affirmative action deal that could blow up.

[Dr Morbius]

30. I know some disagree, but I predict

that the GOP will filibuster whoever is nominated. They will attempt to force the President to withdraw his first suggested nominee, in an attempt to help secure their base for November.

They didn't filibuster Sotomayor because they were afraid of further alienating the Hispanic vote.

Now, if the SCOTUS has only eight justices for a while, it becomes a more right-wing court. If Obama nominates a centrist, it goes more to the right. If Obama nominates someone whose views are almost identical to Stevens. the court doesn't move to the right, and the GOP will filibuster.

The Republicans understand something Democrats deny: in Washington, 41>59. Which is insane, but anyway. Whoever Obama nominates will be rejected unless he appeases conservatives, which is a result that would be worse for the country.

It's going to be a hot, noisy summer.

[Divine Discontent]

32. a women should be appointed. Kagan, 49, U.S. solicitor general, the first woman to hold the post,

is a good bet.

[Divine Discontent]

33. but I'd like someone much more liberal, just to reiterate. she seems a bit uninspiring on civilian

rights, and the military's rights.

[Skittles]

34. Thank you Justice Stevens for your service

[saracat]

36. They have already released the short list. I say the likeliest candidate on it

is Janet Napolitano. He owes her big time and she blew her chance to run for the Senate to do Homeland Security when he asked, though it wasn't the position she wanted so she needs to be rewarded. At least with Janet, choice would be protected.