Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Reading Supreme Court Justice Stevens' Tea Leaves

Well, it seems that Stevens hasn't hired his alotted 4 clerks for the 2010 session. A lot of people read into this as his eventual retirement. From The Times:

Stevens "has so far hired just one law clerk for the Supreme Court term starting in October 2010, a court spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday. That may be an indication that Justice Stevens, 89, is considering retiring next year."

That would set up another nomination and another round of the right going crazy. Something we really don't need right now.