Re: William Rehnquist is dead.
And so Richard Nixon has finally lost the power to butt fuck us from beyond the grave. Not surprisingly, none of the Rehnquist retrospectives I've read or seen makes any reference to how he earned his wings in the Republican party. I'd like to say I'll miss the guy, but that would be an outright lie.
Anyhoo, this sets up something we don't see all that often: at least two and quite possibly three (if Bush chooses a sitting Justice as his nominee for Chief Justice) Supreme Court confirmations in rapid succession. That could be entertaining, as could speculating about who will fill the role of unofficial Court Establishment Clause "historian."
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