Mark Hemingway and K-Lo are linking to this over at The Corner, but for those who check here first for news of the bench, NPR is reporting that Justice David Souter has informed the White House he will retire from the Supreme Court at the conclusion of the current term this summer, though he will remain on the bench until a successor is confirmed (a practice I deplored as probably unconstitutional when Justice O’Connor did it four years ago). Quietly back to New Hampshire will go one of the great mistakes of George H.W. Bush’s administration.