Early reactions to Justice O’Connor’s retirement
The groups that have been gearing up for a nomination fight are already posting their reactions to Justice O’Connor’s retirement. Here is a quick overview (the post will be updated as more groups weigh in):
Liberals
Daily Kos links to a news story and provides some instant reactions.
NARAL’s homepage declares that “the battle for the Supreme Court has begun” and encourages visitors to email their senators.
PFAW is also mobilizing financial and other support here.
Conservative
“ConfirmThem” is blogging the morning’s developments.
Other reactions
Senator Frist’s office has this release.
A video of President Bush’s 11:15 am statement is at whitehouse.gov.
Breaking News: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor To Step Down
Just heard through the D.C. grapevine that Sandra Day O’Connor just retired. Very reliable source. I’ll try to find more. Update: Yep, Fox News is going with it, live at the Supreme Court. They have it from “three separate…
Comment by Wizbang — July 1, 2005 @ 11:40 am
Jason Samuel: O’Connor-ed
As many of you may have read, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced her retirement early today. Story here. This was predicted by Bill Kristol, and posted here. As has been consistently the case, SCOTUS blog offers some well reasoned commentary…
Comment by De Novo — July 1, 2005 @ 3:29 pm