There has been a lot of talk about naming Diane Wood of the Seventh Circuit to replace Justice Souter when he leaves the Court.

Full Name: Diane Pamela Wood
DOB: July 4, 1950
Age: 58
Undergraduate: University of Texas ‘71
Law School: University of Texas ‘75
Notable Work Experiences: Clerk- Irving Goldberg (CA5 ‘76), Harry Blackmun (SCOTUS ‘77); Faculty- University of [...]

The AP wire is reporting on a possible nominees to replace Justice Souter. Most news sources are reporting that President Obama will nominate a woman. He is also under considerable pressure to nominate a minority candidate, and there are only a handful of nominees to meet both of those criteria. Here is the AP list [...]

Several sources are reporting that Justice Souter will retire at the end of the term (NBC here).
It isn’t terribly surprising, ATL had been reporting that he hasn’t hired terms for OT09 and UTR reported on a clandestine meeting between Justice Souter and Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Assuming that the news agencies [...]