No clue when Sonny will announce the pick.
Possibly as soon as Wednesday, Gov. Sonny Perdue will have a short list of nominees who want to be Georgia’s next Supreme Court justice.Last year, Chief Justice Leah Ward infuriated state Democrats — and some key supporters — when she announced she was retiring at the end of June, letting Perdue pick the next justice. Sears’ term would have run through 2010, but she is leaving to practice law, work for a think tank and teach at the University of Georgia law school.
There are nine names on the short list, which does not sound like a very short list to me. In any event, they are now off to Sonny. Some of the names are surprising. All are conservative.
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Erick- Who are the 9 please! I have looked all over the internet and cannot find the short list. If you have it (and beat the AJC to the punch) please post the names of the nominees: especially with your alluring final sentence that some are “surprising” and all are “conservative.”
Why were the Dems furious at Justice Ward? Were they hoping that Oxendine would make a better pick if she just held off another year and a half?
WardSears could have served out her term without running for re-election, depriving Sonny of the opportunity to appoint someone. The problem with that is it makes the race overtly political instead of the usual quasi-retention election for the incumbent. That sort of thing is frowned upon so much that Sears would rather that Perdue make his own appointment.maybe they liked their odds better w/ an election than a guv pick?
they could have beaten perry maguire ,right?
Shouldnt the headline be “9 names on the vertically challenged list” ?
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