Supreme Court Rumor Update
I reported last night that there were rumors that Chief Justice Rehnquist was going to announce his retirement today.
Now, as I type this, Matt Drudge is reporting the same thing with the main, large-type headline:
BUSH GETS TWO:
REPORT: REHNQUIST RETIRES; TO BE ANNOUNCED TONIGHT
No link; just the headline.
Also, Eugene Volokh is reporting that he heard “from someone who seems like a serious person that Bob Novak just said on CNN that, according to Novak’s source, Rehnquist will retire as soon as the President lands, which would be near 5 pm Eastern today.”
Now remember the rules: If this happens, I get full credit for predicting correctly that the Chief Justice’s seat would become vacant. And if it doesn’t, I get to keep predicting it again and again until it happens, at which point I then get full credit for predicting correctly.
I know we have to keep up our standards standards at Different River, but every once in a while we stoop to the level of the mainstream TV and newspaper pundits, just for the fun of it. 
July 8th, 2005 at 9:26 pm
DNC says Bush nominee must hate fried chicken
Karl Rove will select the nominee. This Business Will Get Out of Control. It Will Get Out of Control and We’ll be Lucky to Live Through It