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It's official: Justice John Paul Stevens is calling it quits this summer

By Douglas A. Berman

This AP report provides the text of Justice John Paul Stevens' retirement letter to President Barack Obama, which reads as follows: Having concluded that it would be in the best interests of the Court to have my successor appointed and confirmed well in advance of the commencement of the Court's next term, I shall retire from regular active service as an Associate Justice, under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. 371 (b), effective the next day after the Court rises for the summer recess this year. I think it is notable (and astute) that Justice Stevens reports that his retirement will be effective as of this summer, not when a replacement is confirmed.  This means that, come July, the Supreme Court will be short a Justice unless and until a new Justice is confirmed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 09, 2010 (boomark / email).