Chief Justice Sears a possible nominee
By Bill Rankin
The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionSaturday, May 02, 2009
Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears’ name has popped up as a potential nominee to succeed retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter.
Sears, 53, describes herself as a judicial moderate. But court watchers say she has long been one of the state Supreme Court’s most liberal members.
On Friday, Sears declined comment on speculation she could eventually be a high court nominee.
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This to me, is the worst thing about the whole whole deal. We will have to live with Obama's choice for the Supreme Court for a lot of years. Souter was pretty Liberal but, at least once in a while he voted with the conservatives. His choice to retire only if Obama was elected was the most Liberal (and extremely political) vote he could make.
Trouble is, we probably wouldn't have done that much better had McCain been elected.