Rehnquist to miss high court's opening

[Rose Siding]

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ailing Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist will be absent from the bench when the Supreme Court returns for the second half of its term next week, the court announced Friday.

The 80-year-old Rehnquist, battling thyroid cancer, plans to skip the two-week cycle of oral arguments that starts Tuesday, court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said. He will continue reading transcripts of the arguments and voting on decisions, she said.
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He has reduced his workload during his cancer treatment. He is not participating in decisions from the dozen cases heard in November unless the remaining eight justices are deadlocked. He intends to take part in the December and January cases, relying on briefs and transcripts of the arguments.

Outside medical experts have said that, based on his treatment of chemotherapy and radiation, he may have an extremely aggressive kind of thyroid cancer.

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[Roland99]

1. Sad to see this happening.

Probably won't be alive much longer.



But, is this more fuel to the "Deep Throat" rumors that Rehnquist was Deep Throat?

[JI7]

2. possible, but i just can't see it being him

does anyone have any info on Woodward and Bernstein writing anything on Rehnquist throughout the years after the whole deepthroat thing ?

do they lean towards being sympathetic to him ?

[TheFarseer]

3. Seriously man, just retire

it's been a good run. Hang it up. You can't even do the job anymore.