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ERICK ERICKSON: The conservative pundit for people who think Ann Coulter is too demure. (Photo by Joeff Davis)

On Friday, Peach Pundit Poobah and RedState.com editor Erick Erickson twice called retiring U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice David Souter a “goat fucking child molester.”

Believe it or not, it wasn’t even the most insane thing Erickson has written in the past three days.

If I’m going to keep demanding Time retract its absurd claim that Shirley Franklin is one the best big-city mayors in America, its only fair I retract my 2007 claim that Erick Erickson is a bright light in the local blogosphere.

My bad.

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NPR and MSNBC, citing anonymous sources, both report Supreme Court Justice David Souter has notified the White House that he plans to retire at the end of the current court term. (The Supreme Court declined to comment on the reports.)

The reports say Souter would remain on the bench until President Barack Obama’s nominee to replace him is confirmed. It would be the first Supreme Court Justice pick by the president. NPR says most observers expect the president to make his first appointment to the court a woman.

Since Obama was elected, many Peach State political observers have pointed toward Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears as a worthy nominee if a vacancy appears on the bench. Sears announced her retirement from the highest court in the state last October. She steps down on June 30.

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