July 01, 2005
REHNQUIST PREDICTION
If the chief justice is going to annouce his retirement any time soon, it will not be until after the annual Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, a confab in the mountains where all of the federal judges in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Carolinas gather. It is part business and part social, with the chief justice playing the piano and leading a sing-along. The conference is typically in mid- to late June and he has a particular interest in it because he is the Circuit Justice. Since the federal judges here have not been around for most of the week, my guess is that the conference got rolling a few days ago and wraps up today.
Posted by LMC at July 1, 2005 01:07 PM | TrackBackNot to be grim, but I suspect he'll be doing rather less singing this year . . . an interesting theory, though. My money is on both Rehnquist and O'Connor stepping down, giving Bush two shots at nominees. I think O'Connor has already announced.
LMC, that conference started on Wednesday - we always know in our courthouse because the clerks show up in jeans.
Posted by: jen at July 1, 2005 02:21 PMMy money is on the old man staying 'til they carry him out. After Rusty's take on how bad his health was a few weeks ago and the fact that he hasn't let it slow him down, I think it's true what his friends say about the court being his life.
Posted by: tee bee at July 1, 2005 05:40 PMDon't be suprised if Bush gets to nominate 3
SCOTUS judges. I believe there is another justice who is 85.
