Who Will Replace Justice Stevens?
The legal community is still digesting the news that Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will retire at the end of this term. The New York Times recently ran a profile of Justice Stevens consisting of the recollections of his former law clerks. Here is the link, in case you missed it. Justice Stevens was never considered one of the intellectual heavyweights of the Supreme Court, but I predict that we will come to miss his consistent, and traditional (some might say quaint), view of the limited role that the judiciary should play in crafting the laws that we live by.
Speaking of predictions, it is time to weigh in with your prognostications. Who will President Obama select to replace Justice Stevens. I will go first.