As this
A.P. report confirms, rumors are rampant about the possible retirement
of Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justice O'Connor from the Supreme Court. I
and many others have written about how a retirement, particularly by the
Chief, could change the balance of power on the campaign finance issues.
Perhaps the Justices might even decide to stay a bit longer so that they
can decide the campaign finance case.
Even if all the Justices stay, it is interesting to consider, as an attorney
friend suggested recently, how the changing of the Justices' clerks might
affect the decision. The BCRA is pretty complex material for those who do
not already have detailed familiarity with the constitutional terrain surrounding
Buckley. So it might at least delay things
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Rick Hasen
Professor of Law and William M. Rains Fellow
Loyola Law School
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