UPDATE: RadarOnline.com says their story is not true:
RadarOnline.com has obtained new information that Justice Roberts will NOT resign. The justice will be staying on the bench.
To quote Ed Morrissey: “Have fun getting your credibility back …”
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Boy this would really suck. Really. (via RadarOnline.com)
John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, is seriously considering stepping down from the nation’s highest court for personal reasons, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
Roberts, known for his conservative judicial philosophy, has served on the Supreme Court since 2005, having been nominated by President George W. Bush after the death of former Chief William Rehnquist.
RadarOnline.com has been told that Roberts, 55, could announce his decision at any time.
The decision paves the way for President Barack Obama to make his second appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court following his first, Sonia Sotomayor.
The first thing we should note is that RadarOnline.com is a gossip site and could have this completely wrong. Let’s cross our fingers. But considering it’s true for a second, the last thing a power hungry socialist president needs is another appointment to the Supreme Court. This could be devastating, as it would certainly unbalance the court. Ed Morrissey is saying this would be an apocolypse for conservatives. Yikes!
I hope that this story is completely erroneous and that Roberts will set the case straight soon.
UPDATE: According to Hotair.com: Drudge has a quote from a court source that says, “This is not happening … It’s news to me.”