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Originally posted by dculkin
I thought, based on nothing in particular, that Rehnquist and O'Connor have been ready to retire for a while. They are both strong Republicans. I thought they would take W's election in 2000 as an opportunity to exit stage right  and get a couple of nice, young right-wingers to take their place for the next generation or so.
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Rehnquist, certainly had liberals running for cover when Regan appointed him as CJ, has actually not been as much of a conservative idealogue as feared. O'Connor is presently popularly though of as the "swing" vote on the panel.