Article III Groupie continues to be oppressed at work, so she'll have to keep things brief today.
First, much to A3G's disappointment -- and the disappointment of her fellow Article Three groupies who camped out overnight to get seats in the courtroom -- the final day of the Supreme Court Term came and went, without any exciting retirement news. Of course, the lack of an announcement today doesn't necessarily mean that all nine justices will be back for October Term 2005. Supreme Court justices frequently announce their retirements at times other than the last day of the Term (see here). So perhaps Chief Justice Rehnquist or Justice O'Connor, the two most likely justices to retire, will make a retirement announcement later in the summer (or perhaps not).
(Can we glean any intelligence from recent law clerk hiring news? Time for a UTR Discovery Request: Has Justice O'Connor hired a fourth clerk yet for OT 2005?)
Second, an update to A3G's immediately preceding post: if you're curious about what happened on Letterman last Thursday, in terms of judicial sight-ations, you can read about it here and here.
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