NPR reports the US Supreme Court judge David Souter – the guy nobody knew anything about or what he believed – who lived with his mother in a cabin on a farm in New Hampshire (appointed by George Bush #41) will end his time at the Supreme Court at the end of the current term, giving President Obama his (probably) first opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court Justice.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, former lawyer for the ACLU, is currently fighting pancreatic cancer and may also need to retire in the near future for her health. NPR suggests Souter only decided to resign based on the belief that Ginsburg won’t. Interesting that it was NPR who broke this news…