High court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to retire - Yahoo! News
"Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen", here we go. (Bonus points if you can tell me what movie that quote came from.)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court and a moderate conservative who often cast the key decisive vote, announced her retirement on Friday, setting the stage for a major political battle over her successor.

"This is to inform you of my decision to retire from my position as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, effective upon the nomination and confirmation of my successor," O'Connor, 75, said in a letter to President Bush.

Man the battlestations, and bring on the talking heads! No vacation weekend for you, kids.