Ginsburg: Court Opening Coming 'Soon'

[kpete]

Source: Washington Post

Ginsburg: Court Opening Coming 'Soon'

By Robert Barnes
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told law students in Boston Friday that there might be an opening on the Supreme Court "soon," but did not indicate when it might come nor who might be leaving.

Ginsburg was answering questions from students at New England School of Law when she said that the nine justices only take pictures together when a new member is added, according to an Associated Press report. "We haven't had any of those for some time, but surely we will soon," Ginsburg said, according to the report.

She did not take questions from reporters at the event, so it was unclear whether Ginsburg had specific knowledge or was simply acknowledging the aging of the court.
Ginsburg, who turns 76 on Sunday, has said recently that she has no plans to leave. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last month, but her doctors said the cancer was detected early and had not spread beyond the tiny tumor they removed, along with her spleen. Ginsburg was on the bench less than three weeks later without missing a court session, and has had an active schedule since then.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Well, we all know it's coming...

And of course, the questions are WHO and WHEN...

:shrug:

[Xipe Totec]

3. We all have our favorite candidates...

[disndat]

5. Scalia or Thomas?

Hahaha, but you never know. Most likely John Paul Stevens.

[Xipe Totec]

6. The treason threesome.

In one fell swoop?

Why not?

:rofl:

[Gman]

8. I have felt JP Stevens was sticking out the last 8 years because he had to

knowing the court would be majority republic if he retired. I guess they all did.

[No Elephants]

12. Stevens is probably a Republican. But, he is not a wing nut.

[No Elephants]

11. How will Thomas know what he thinks if Scalia leaves?

[Demeter]

2. Ruth Is Such a Tease

[Gman]

9. Yeah, but that's what makes her so hot!

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Jim Bunning isn't the odds-on favorite, take that to the bank.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[onehandle]

7. Well it isn't either of the two that Florida, The SCOTUS Five, and Nader put on there.

They'll be there for decades.

[David__77]

10. I would prefer there be 9 openings.

They can all be replaced by 45-year old, smart, aggressive, progressives.

[No Elephants]

13. I'd settle for Alito and Roberts. Fat chance, though.

[No Elephants]

14. I think it was a general comment, based on the ages of some of the Justices. She said she

was planning to stay on and I cannot see her leaking another Justice's plans or stealing another Justice's thunder. I think she's better than that.