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mikeysnot

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26. You don't pick your clerks for the next term if you are planning on retiring....

Wed Aug 28, 2019, 10:49 AM

Aug 2019

https://thehill.com/regulation/367950-ginsburg-kennedy-hire-law-clerks-for-future-supreme-court-terms

According to Above the Law, which first reported the law clerk news, he’s selected four clerks for the October 2018 term. The news may signal the court’s usual swing vote isn’t planning to retire at the end of the current term as rumored.

Sam Erman, an associate professor of law at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, who clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens and then Kennedy, said it’s not uncommon for the justices to hire their law clerks for future terms this far in advance.

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Now is the time to ask questions about the retirement of Anthony Kennedy from SCOTUS. [View all] Snarkoleptic Aug 2019 OP

Then there's this video of Trump making a comment that stops Kennedy in his tracks. Snarkoleptic Aug 2019 #1

! dchill Aug 2019 #2

+1 dalton99a Aug 2019 #3

Whoa! ewagner Aug 2019 #11

👀 Mersky Aug 2019 #16

That's NOT a reaction to Trump saying, "I dig Taylor Swift." Bob Loblaw Aug 2019 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author Bob Loblaw Aug 2019 #34

There's layer upon layer Duppers Aug 2019 #4

Dems can impeach, but we're stuck with him until January 2021. Lonestarblue Aug 2019 #6

Yep, these guys have an odd view of how best to celebrate Independence Day. Snarkoleptic Aug 2019 #7

They're Moscow Mules alright. calimary Aug 2019 #17

I hope they don't own shanti Aug 2019 #30

You're right!! Duppers Aug 2019 #8

There's always the Big Mac solution to removing Fat Donnie from office. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2019 #19

We'll take anything at this point. Duppers Aug 2019 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Aug 2019 #22

Maybe the Senate Republicans don't convict LiberalFighter Aug 2019 #29

But if Traitor Tot is impeached, he'll go down in history that way. He'd hate that; ergo, me likey! OMGWTF Aug 2019 #36

Haha, well, let's not forget the Garland Theft and Deception bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #5

I learned a new word today: "prorogued" LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2019 #21

Glad you brought this to the forefront. ewagner Aug 2019 #9

Trump's hidden back channel to Justice Kennedy: Their kids malaise Aug 2019 #10

Even if impeachment fails to convict, at least it will show the complicity of the GOP Senate. world wide wally Aug 2019 #12

NB: This story is from June of LAST YEAR... Grins Aug 2019 #13

The time to ask questions was before he swore in Kennedy's replacement, amywalk Aug 2019 #14

NEW YORK STATE & CITY SayItLoud Aug 2019 #15

Was trying to remember who had a questionable connection to DB Mersky Aug 2019 #18

That exhange reminds me of 'We had a deal!' pecosbob Aug 2019 #20

K&R BlueJac Aug 2019 #23

This conspiracy theory never made sense to me FBaggins Aug 2019 #25

You don't pick your clerks for the next term if you are planning on retiring.... mikeysnot Aug 2019 #26

That's not true FBaggins Aug 2019 #28

Anecdotal at best. mikeysnot Aug 2019 #31

I presume you're referring to the link in your post FBaggins Aug 2019 #32

no your post. mikeysnot Sep 2019 #38

If you're referring to Sandra Day O'Connor Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2019 #37

He knew there was a conflict of interest with his son working so closely with Donald Trump... kentuck Aug 2019 #27

No, now is not the time. The time is long past. It should have been questioned at the time, and was Amaryllis Aug 2019 #35