Justice Souter to Retire

From NPR:

NPR has learned that Supreme Court Justice David Souter is planning to retire at the end of the court's current term.

The court has completed hearing oral arguments for the year and will be issuing rulings and opinions until the end of June.

Souter is expected to remain on the bench until a successor has been chosen and confirmed, which may or may not be accomplished before the court reconvenes in October.

While i welcome the opportunity for Obama to put people on the court, very little will actually change. Souter is a liberal justice, so replacing him will probably not change much. What we can hope is that Obama puts a young, liberal justice on the court that will be there long after Obama leaves office. We will continue to follow this story as more develops.