O'Connor reportedly retires

[Michael Zimmer]

By trying to make her resignation only effective upon the confirmation of
her successor, O'Connor appears to be trying to keep a Court of 9 even if
the replacement process is protacted.  Has this been done before?  Has she
really resigned so that the nomination and confirmation can proceed?  What
if she doesn't like who the process produces and refuses to resign?

Michael J. Zimmer
Professor of Law
Seton Hall Law School
One Newark Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973.642.8833
973.642.8194 fax


                                                                           
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The text of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's letter of resignation:


      ‘'This is to inform you of my decision to retire from my position as
      an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States,
      effective upon the nomination and confirmation of my successor. It
      has been a great privilege indeed to have served as a member of the
      court for 24 terms. I will leave it with enormous respect for the
      integrity of the court and its role under our constitutional
      structure.''


 ----- Original Message -----
 From: Trevor Morrison
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 Cc: conlawprof at lists.ucla.edu
 Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 10:43 AM
 Subject: O'Connor reportedly retires

 For those who haven't seen it yet, multiple news sources are reporting
 that Justice O'Connor has announced her retirement.


 Trevor W. Morrison
 Assistant Professor of Law
 Cornell Law School
 116 Myron Taylor Hall
 Ithaca, NY 14853
 607-255-9023





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