George W. Bush nearly had a chance to correct one of his father's biggest mistakes.

Unfortunately, friends persuaded David Souter to stay on the Supreme Court.

According to Jeffrey Toobin's new book on the Supreme Court, Justice David Souter nearly resigned in the wake of Bush v. Gore, so distraught was he over the decision that effectively ended the Florida recount and installed George W. Bush as president.

In "The Nine," which goes on sale Sept. 18, Toobin writes that while the other justices tried to put the case behind them, "David Souter alone was shattered," at times weeping when he thought of the case. "For many months, it was not at all clear whether he would remain as a justice," Toobin continues. "That the Court met in a city he loathed made the decision even harder. At the urging of a handful of close friends, he decided to stay on, but his attitude toward the Court was never the same."

Sadly, what we see here is that we have an emotionally unstable individual on the Supreme Court. Would that there were some way to remove him for the good of America.

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