Just got a call from PFAW - said a justice would be stepping down

I just got a call from PFAW and she told me they know but it "hasn't been officially announced yet" that a SCOTUS justice would be stepping down in a year. Has anyone heard anything about this?

I expect Rehnquist to do so much earlier than that.

although I'm sure he'll try to cling grimly until he's pretty much forced off the bench because he's too ill to cope.

..."10 Commandments" Judge Roy Moore?

He has been on a F-U America and the World rampage lately.:evilfrown:

said Michael something was who they were going to replace him with. Sounded like a far right wing nut job.

...as in Miguel Estrada? The Miguel Estrada in the article below::scared:

Embattled judicial nominee Miguel Estrada withdraws name

By JOHN SOLOMON
Associated Press
September 4, 2003

WASHINGTON (AP) Miguel Estrada, President Bush's embattled nominee for a federal appeals court judgeship, has withdrawn his name from consideration, ending a bitter battle with Senate Democrats who blocked his nomination, administration officials said Thursday.

Estrada wrote a letter to Bush explaining his reasons, and an announcement could be made as early as Thursday, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Estrada was one of a handful of federal judicial nominees named by Bush who became lightening rods during the Senate confirmation

process, where Democrats argued they were too conservative to serve on the nation's second highest court.

Republicans countered that the Democrats were biased, noting Estrada was a Hispanic.

(more at link)

<http://committeeforjustice.org/contents/news/news090403_ap.shtml>