Breaking: Barack Obama to get his First Supreme Court Appointment (Wizbang)

NPR has learned that Supreme Court Justice David Souter will retire at the end of the court's current term.

At 69, Souter is nowhere near the oldest member of the court, but he has made clear to friends for some time now that he wanted to leave Washington, a city he has never liked, and to return to his native New Hampshire.
Now, according to reliable sources he has decided to take the plunge and has informed the White House of his decision.

Souter's retirement would give President Obama his first appointment to the high court, and most observers expect that he will appoint a woman.

So, who do you think Obama will nominate? There are many, many radical leftists out there that he could nominate. We already have a feel for what kind of judges he likes:

President Obama's first appellate nominee, Judge David Hamilton of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, has a long résumé of activism that suggests clearly where his "empathy" lies. His first job, fresh out of college, was as a fundraiser for the Philadelphia branch of ACORN, the "community-organizing" group that has been accused of serial election fraud. He later served as a board member, and vice president for litigation, of the Indiana ACLU. And it is very much ACORN/ACLU/Obama-style "empathy" on display in Hamilton's judicial opinions.

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Comments (18)

Gird your loins, indeed. O... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Baron Von Ottomatic | April 30, 2009 10:18 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)

Baron Von Ottomatic:

Gird your loins, indeed. Oh the humanity!

Posted on April 30, 2009 22:18

Anyone with an ACORN or ACL... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by GarandFan | April 30, 2009 10:26 PM | Score: 3 (5 votes cast)

GarandFan:

Anyone with an ACORN or ACLU background will be in the running. He might even nominate Bill Ayers.

Posted on April 30, 2009 22:26

So now we'll have some "rad... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Unrepentant Democrat | April 30, 2009 10:28 PM | Score: -3 (5 votes cast)

Unrepentant Democrat:

So now we'll have some "radical" judges from the left to balance all those "radical" judges from the right appointed during the Bush Regime. Isn't our republic a wonderful thing?

Posted on April 30, 2009 22:28

Justice Souter was a disast... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by kevino | April 30, 2009 10:41 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)

kevino:

Justice Souter was a disaster. It's one thing to be useless and brainless, but being useless, brainless, and oblivious is a terrible combination.

But elections have consequences, and now President Obama gets to pick another empty-headed statist utopian demigod to replace him - maybe a clone of Justice Ginsberg. Gag.

Note the Souter: When you retire, don't go back to New Hampshire. Many of us would appreciate it if you'd call someplace else "home". How about California?

Posted on April 30, 2009 22:41

Just when did reading the c... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by RicardoVerde | April 30, 2009 10:55 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)

RicardoVerde:

Just when did reading the constitution and deciding it means what it says become radical?

Posted on April 30, 2009 22:55

My vote goes to Hillary for... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by retired military | April 30, 2009 10:58 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)

retired military:

My vote goes to Hillary for being the Supreme court justice.

Posted on April 30, 2009 22:58

It is certainly clear that ... (Below threshold)

7. Posted by MichaelC | April 30, 2009 11:08 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)

MichaelC:

It is certainly clear that the second 100 days has gotten off to a bad start.

Posted on April 30, 2009 23:08

My bet: Judge Stephen Reinh... (Below threshold)

8. Posted by shirgall | April 30, 2009 11:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

shirgall

My bet: Judge Stephen Reinhardt

Posted on April 30, 2009 23:15

Maybe an old, unqualified c... (Below threshold)

9. Posted by jp2 | April 30, 2009 11:35 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)

jp2:

Maybe an old, unqualified crony like Harriet Miers?

Posted on April 30, 2009 23:35

Hold on to your copy of the... (Below threshold)

10. Posted by Jason | April 30, 2009 11:36 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)

Jason:

Hold on to your copy of the Constitution people, it's gonna be a rough ride.
http://www.rightklik.net

Posted on April 30, 2009 23:36

My vote goes to Hi... (Below threshold)

11. Posted by Brett | May 1, 2009 12:07 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)

Brett:

That would have been a good way (from the President Pinhead perspective) to get rid of her for good, but I think the Secretary of State has pretty well done that already.

What's scary is that Bill Ayers *isn't* obviously out of the running.

It was a nice country, shame it's gone.

Posted on May 1, 2009 00:07

my bet: Fidel & Raul Cas... (Below threshold)

12. Posted by Justrand | May 1, 2009 12:14 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)

Justrand

my bet: Fidel & Raul Castro

I know, I know...it's two people for one SCOTUS position and they're not citizens.
But hey, the Constitution is flexible, and this would be SO HIP...and SO Obama!!!!

Posted on May 1, 2009 00:14

The teleprompter is the mos... (Below threshold)

13. Posted by 914 | May 1, 2009 12:20 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)

914:

The teleprompter is the most likely candidate..

Posted on May 1, 2009 00:20

Well folks, we are in deep ... (Below threshold)

14. Posted by Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) USN Retired | May 1, 2009 12:25 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)

Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) USN Retired:

Well folks, we are in deep shit now. The obambozo gets to pick a supreme court justice and that pick will be somewhere to the left of Marx/Lenin/Engels/Alinsky.

Posted on May 1, 2009 00:25

"So, who do you think Obama... (Below threshold)

15. Posted by bryanD | May 1, 2009 12:31 AM | Score: -2 (2 votes cast)

bryanD:

"So, who do you think Obama will nominate?"

http://images.google.com/images?q=harold%20hongju%20koh&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

Just a guess.

Posted on May 1, 2009 00:31

This won't change the ideol... (Below threshold)

16. Posted by Paul Hooson | May 1, 2009 12:33 AM | Score: -2 (2 votes cast)

Paul Hooson:

This won't change the ideological make-up of the court. Conservatives will still hold a 5-4 majority to strike down the civil liberties of the average citizen and allow police overly broad powers.

Posted on May 1, 2009 00:33

"Conservatives will stil... (Below threshold)

17. Posted by 914 | May 1, 2009 12:50 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)

"Conservatives will still hold a 5-4 majority to strike down civil liberties and allow police overly broad powers."

Thats funny... Because thats what Obamas doing now. And He's not even using the courts.

Posted on May 1, 2009 00:50

This won't change ... (Below threshold)

18. Posted by Brett | May 1, 2009 12:57 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)

Which of your civil liberties have been struck down, and what overly broad police powers have you noted? Please, be specific, you seem to be an expert and I would like to learn something.

Posted on May 1, 2009 00:57

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