Today's Links 2005 07 01 Friday

O'Connor Retires From Supreme Court

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Interesting. I had run across references to her intending to retire at the end of next year's term. Given that her resignation is effective upon the confirmation of her successor, this seems likely to be a tool to give the president all the time needed to get a successor confirmed. There is no vacancy. It could well be that she has told the president she'll serve as long as there is no confirmation. On the flip side, it also gives the opposition strong enough motivation to fight, as O'Connor is not the conservative Rehnquist is, and also room enough to hang themselves in the court of public opinion. My guess is that assuming the Mules delay everything long enough, there's a whole nunc dimittis stunt already lined up. Depending upon how the fight goes, this could be the issue for next year's midterms.



UPDATE: Todd Zywicki at the Volokh Conspiracy says "So if there is going to be a fight (which there undoubtedly will be), they may as well at least make it someone worth fighting for."



I agree.

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Common Sense and Wonder has a great post up about parallels with the Revolutionary War



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Pennywit at Wizbang has two amusing posts on the confirmation process. I had thought I'd blogrolled Wizbang some time ago, only to see I hadn't. That is now corrected.



UPDATE: Corrected name of poster at Wizbang



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Bill Quick at Daily Pundit on the new Irani president and MSM trying to say it's been too long.



Heh.

If we've now set the memory horizon at 25 years, then that means no one on the left gets to mention Viet Nam any more.

Steven Den Beste in Comments. Heh again.



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Divinity School at

Richard Lawrence Cohen

Hat Tip: Ann Althouse



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The Endgame from 365 and a Wake-up"

Hat tip: Mudville Gazette



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All sorts of good stuff over at Dean's World today



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How Nerdy Are you?



Hat tip: Libercontrarian



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Daffyd Ab Hugh guest blogging on the new Irani President at Captain's Quarters



Hat tip: Politechnical