Jackson50 on 23 December 2008
I am uncertain if Souter will retire. He is the youngest of the liberal bloc of the SC. Stevens and Ginsberg will probably retire during Obama's first term. The most intriguing possibility is who will replace Kennedy; he votes equally with the conservative and liberal blocs. Whoever replaces Kennedy could be the deciding vote on many important cases.
OT-It was a shrewd selection by Obama. It shows he is willing to tolerate people whose views are divergent from his, but this is a relatively unimportant selection. Liberals may be vexed with the choice of Warren, but revolting against Obama because of whom he picked to deliver the invocation would be a silly action.
