Rehnquist Says He's Not Retiring
Celtlund
15-07-2005, 17:31
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162577,00.html
So how long do you think it will be before he retires? I'll give him six moths max.
Stephistan
15-07-2005, 17:33
Six months to retire or die? LOL. It has to be one of the two..;)
Ashmoria
15-07-2005, 17:36
i dont think hes going to live to october.
Eutrusca
15-07-2005, 17:37
Six months to retire or die? LOL. It has to be one of the two..;)
You have a very macabre sense of "humor." :(
Neo Kervoskia
15-07-2005, 17:37
Six months to retire or die? LOL. It has to be one of the two..;)
I'm going to say that those two will be the same occurence.
Celtlund
15-07-2005, 18:05
"Cold dead hands"
:D
Stephistan
15-07-2005, 18:08
You have a very macabre sense of "humor." :(
Have you seen the guy lately? He looks like he's a million years old. The walking dead! It's not "macabre" I just suffer from an extreme sense of reality.
Greenlander
15-07-2005, 18:10
I think he’s sticking around because he wants to write at least ONE majority opinion on a big time legal precedent...
And I for one, hope he gets the chance, his opinions show remarkably consistent methodology.
The Lagonia States
15-07-2005, 23:21
See, here's the problem; Alot of otherwise fine judges have gotten old and senile and made crucial decissions.
The Nazz
15-07-2005, 23:30
Have you seen the guy lately? He looks like he's a million years old. The walking dead! It's not "macabre" I just suffer from an extreme sense of reality.
He's been extremely ill--throat cancer I believe. When I heard, I expected him to step down earlier.
But then I read somewhere that if he serves another year, he'll be the longest serving Chief Justice ever, and the history of the court--and his place in it--is very important to him. His ego will probably keep him alive for another year if nothing else will, and he'll stay on the court until he has the record at least.
See, here's the problem; Alot of otherwise fine judges have gotten old and senile and made crucial decissions.
True, but I don't think senility has hit Rehnquist. His fatigue might be a problem, but I think he's still got all his marbles.
Ph33rdom
15-07-2005, 23:40
I wonder if Bush asked him to not retire, I'm not going to 'overly' speculate why, but perhaps he only wants one good fight at a time (getting a nominee through the senate)...
Actually, just typing that made me think of a reason why. What if the opposing side spends ALL of their money advertising against some semi-hard conservative lady or Hispanic and gets approved anyway because too many people are afraid of opposing a minority nominee, it will be held against a Democrat running for re-election. THEN, Rehnquist retires immediately afterwards and Bush nominates some full-bore conservative and the opposing side has no money to fight with left!
:eek: :p