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September 03, 2005

Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies at 80

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, William Rehnquist, has died.

UPDATE - Susan Estrich is on Fox News right now, saying Hurricane Katrina has harmed Bush's ability to choose a conservative replacement. She's alluding that Bush is a racist and a sexist, because he may now have to pick a minority or a woman, "something he probably wasn't inclined to do before." Classy.

UPDATE II - Chris Matthews on MSNBC says the president will likely resubmit John Roberts for Chief Justice.

UPDATE III - DUers can't seem to decide whether to be worried or angry. Most of them choose angry. Let the conspiracy theories begin! (h/t: Digitalbrownshirt):

How soon do we get the autopsy results to check for "carcinogens"... Makes one wonder it his death was "hastened"... Hope they do a full checkup in detail on this and that Fitzgerald gets to see the results!

He won't get the chance; Must be impeached now. Contact your lawmakers and demand his immediate impeachment (and Cheney's, too) Nobody's going to trust a single thing these people say or do anymore. I've heard right-wingers saying things I've never heard right-wingers say about Bush. It's all over for him.

Bet he died days ago and they are just announcing it now to try and take the heat off bush. One man has died, well guess what, thousands have died and more are still dying.

THERE IS ONLY ONE SOLUTION SHORT OF CIVIL WAR.
Retake Congress in 2006, impeach Bush and Cheney and use a resignation and appointment strategy to get either Gore or Kerry to be Speaker of the House. One of them can then appoint the other as Vice-President. Then pack the court like Roosevelt tried to. Otherwise, it's fascism or civil war or fascism and civil war.

Such class.

UPDATE IV - Brendan Loy has a nice tribute to Rehnquist, from one of the chief justice's former law clerks, on his website.

UPDATE V - Hm. I wonder what David Souter really thought of the Chief Justice? (h/t: digitalbrownshirt)

Posted by slublog at September 3, 2005 11:18 PM

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The guy was 80 years old, how much help would he need to die? Those guys aren't just nuts, they're pathetic losers without a drop of common sense between them.

The last thing they want is a civil war. Most of the libs I know wouldn't know which end of the gun the bullet comes out of.

Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at September 4, 2005 01:07 AM

I think if there is a civil war, it will be a cultural and political one. The deep well of bitterness between the two parties and ideologies doesn't seem as though it's going away anytime soon, and it may take a full-out brawl to resolve it.

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