will anymore supreme court justices retire before bush leaves office?
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All the justices that use foreign law (Stevens and Ginsburg) are not living up to their oaths to protect the constitution I hope they go.
720965
Supreme Court justices have lifetime appointments so that they  can be free from politics in making their decisions. If they had to be reappointed every few years, they might be influenced by a desire to please the people with the power to approve the reappointment instead of making their decisions on a case solely on their honest interpretation of the Constitution. It is all part of the checks & balances system set up by our Founding Fathers.
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Yes he can.. Andrew Johnson was elected to the Senate after his term was over, and John Quincy Adams served in the House of Representatives. Usually however they don't.. if they serve 2 terms they usually retire and we pay for them to live in the lap of luxury the rest of their life :)
27049
They are in office until they Retire, become deceased or are impeached...
218805
Probably not, seeing as how Mr. Adams has passed. :(
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There are 9 justices on the Supreme Court and each has a life appointment...they'll keep their job until they die or choose to retire.  When there is an opening on the court nominees are named by the President and then the Senate decides whether or not to confirm the nomination.  After that, they're on the court.  As far as each individual justice goes, the best information is directly from the source:  http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/biographiescurrent.pdf
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No, i think he will retire at the end of this yr...
66211
It is a regular political process.  True, the parties are bickering as usual, but there has always been controversy surrounding new Supreme Court justices.  If everyone's political party was swiched (Bush would become a Democrat, for example), the exact same ranker would be going on.  Justices are the top echelon of the legal system, so they are very important.  Also, they are appointed for life, so you had better make sure you're picking the right guy.  Unfortunately, Mr. Alito is being confirmed during a particularly nasty period of political polarization, so many of the questions and issues aren't real questions, they're sensationalist propaganda from both sides of the isle.  In case you missed the memo, abortion is NOT the only legal question of the day, yet that seems to be what most of the fuss is about.  Lastly, since they are appointed for life, this man has the potential power to influence American jurisprudential thought for perhaps the next 30 or 40 years.  Needless to say, he'll be making rulings long after Bush is gone, and the next guy, and the next guy. He'll also survive Republicans losing their majority in Congress, then gaining it, then losing it, etc.  So essentially, theres a big fuss because they are getting ready to install someone who is going to effecting law (and by extention politics) for many years to come.  I personally think the Court will be fine with Alito because, unlike the talking heads on CNN and FoxNews who seem fixated on abortion and other trivial matters, I've been watching the hearings live and reading the transcripts (I'm a law student), and he actually seems less polarizingly conservative and more qualified than even Republicans are admitting to.
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It is called Order of Order of Presidential Succession\n\nBelow is the explaination and the list if God Forbid something happens tomorrow....\n\nOrder of Presidential Succession\nAccording to the Presidential Succession Act of 1792, the Senate president pro tempore1 was next in line after the vice president to succeed to the presidency, followed by the Speaker of the House. \n\nIn 1886, however, Congress changed the order of presidential succession, replacing the president pro tempore and the Speaker with the cabinet officers. Proponents of this change argued that the congressional leaders lacked executive experience, and none had served as president, while six former secretaries of state had later been elected to that office. \n\nThe Presidential Succession Act of 1947, signed by President Harry Truman, changed the order again to what it is today. The cabinet members are ordered in the line of succession according to the date their offices were established. \n\nPrior to the ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967, there was no provision for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. When a president died in office, the vice president succeeded him, and the vice presidency then remained vacant. The first vice president to take office under the new procedure was Gerald Ford, who was nominated by Nixon on Oct. 12, 1973, and confirmed by Congress the following Dec. 6.\n\nThe Vice President Richard Cheney\nSpeaker of the House John Dennis Hastert\nPresident pro tempore of the Senate1 Ted Stevens\nSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice\nSecretary of the Treasury John Snow\nSecretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld\nAttorney General Alberto Gonzales\nSecretary of the Interior (Vacant)\nSecretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns\nSecretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez2\nSecretary of Labor Elaine Chao3\nSecretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt\nSecretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson\nSecretary of Transportation Norman Yoshio Mineta\nSecretary of Energy Samuel Bodman\nSecretary of Education Margaret Spellings\nSecretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson\nSecretary of Homeland Security4 Michael Chertoff\nNOTE: An official cannot succeed to the Presidency unless that person meets the Constitutional requirements.\n1. The president pro tempore presides over the Senate when the vice president is absent. By tradition the position is held by the senior member of the majority party.\n2. Carlos Gutierrez was born in Cuba and is ineligible.\n3. Elaine Chao was born in Taiwan and is ineligible.\n4. In late July 2005, the Senate passed a bill moving the Homeland Security secretary to number 8 on the list. The bill is awaiting House approval.\n\nI hope this helps!!!
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when george is no longer in office
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None! The Constitution has no provisions on the matter. As to previous poster your refering to the rule for Senators & President. Not the Justices....
944404
Maybe Bush and Cheney will step down too.   No, there's a honeymoon period where both Bush and the Dems claim they're going to work together.  That should last about 30 - 45 days, then we'll see what happens.
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Yes,\nthat is their jobs.\nAs appeals go higher and higher the last word is the Supreme Court.\n\nImagine the Thousands of Constitutional case that get heard compared to the handful heard by the Supreme Court.\n\nSo yes.
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The Sequence of Presidential Succession\n\n\n        1.   Vice-President\n        2.   Speaker of the House\n        3.   President Pro Tempore of the Senate\n        4.   Secretary of State\n        5.   Secretary of the Treasury\n        6.   Secretary of Defense\n        7.   Attorney General\n        8.   Secretary of the Interior\n        9.   Secretary of Agriculture\n        10. Secretary of Commerce\n        11. Secretary of Labor\n        12. Secretary of Health and Human Services\n        13. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development\n        14. Secretary of Transportation\n        15. Secretary of Energy\n        16. Secretary of Education
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Above GS-15?  Senior Executive Service (SES)? Agency Heads, Secretarial Level, Flag Officers, Cabinet level, Circuit Court and Federal Court?  The Pres, doesn't do all of them, but he does quite a few.  Which positions are you referring to?
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Stephen G. Breyer\nRuth Bader Ginsburg\nClarence Thomas\nDavid H. Souter\nAnthony Kennedy\nWilliam H. Rhenquist\nAntonin Scalia\nSandra Day O'Connor\nJohn Paul Stevens
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usually Chief Justice of the Supreme Court