Chief Justice William Rehnquist Hospitalized - CNN Breaking

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CNN reports that Chief Justice Rehnquist was taken by ambulance to a hospital. He has been hospitalized with a fever.

[dave29]

1. Oy.

n/t

[DemsUnited]

2. Oh, here it is. The Supreme Court distraction the Republicans

were hoping for.

[Stand and Fight]

3. Shit... n/t

[nine30]

4. Hope he gets well..

..wouldn't wish ill health upon anybody.

[aquart]

8. Particularly not him. Not now.

[wallwriter]

14. Doesn't matter.

He's been a guaranteed conservative vote on every issue. Can't get much harder right than Rehnquist.

Frankly, I don't believe in hell, but if I did, I know there would be a special pool of boiling shit for that rotten lying bigoted son of a bitch.

Hope the ambulance gets stuck in traffic.

[aquart]

19. Yes, it DOES matter.

Whoever gets appointed has twenty/thirty years to maim our nation. Rehnquist doesn't have that much left. I need him to hang on with his fingernails.

[Botany]

5. Good i hope he has a black doctor

Old bigot ........ the man chased blacks from voting lines in Arizona
in the 1960s

[MissB]

6. Karma

and all that. :D

[Botany]

11. when asked about it .....

..... harassing voters in Arizona he said, "I don't recall if I did it."
He was confirmed anyway.

[AlCzervik]

7. oh jeezus, 3 appts? what a nightmare.

[nickinSTL]

9. 3?

Who else?

There's O'Connor, and then Rehnquist, who's been sick and won't be a big surprise...who else?

Did I miss something?

[AlCzervik]

12. no sorry, 2 i meant-2 is still very bad

[nickinSTL]

18. Ok, I agree, 2 is still really bad

but you had me worried there for a minute

[No Michael Savage]

13. Ginsburg or maybe Stevens

That's what I saw in an AP article, that Ginsburg may leave soon because she has/had cancer and she doesn't like her job and Stevens is 85 years old.

[AndyTiedye]

24. That Would Make 4! All Is Lost If Bush** Gets To Appoint 3 or 4 Justices

If Bush** gets to replace O'Connor, Rhenquist, Stevens, and Ginsberg,
then ALL of the freedom we once knew is toast.

It woudldn't be a question of saving Roe, they'd ban abortion and birth
control from the bench on the first day.

Then they'd decide you weren't really an American citizen if you're
gay, or belong to the "wrong" religion.

With as many as SIX Supreme Court seats being held by Fundies,
we would turn into a full-blown theocracy within a year.



:scared:

[KyndCulture]

10. Link

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050713/ap_on_go_su_co/rehnquist_hospitalized


WASHINGTON - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who has cancer, was taken by ambulance to the hospital overnight Tuesday for fever, a spokeswoman said.

Rehnquist, was taken to the hospital Tuesday night and "was admitted for observation and tests," Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.

[NYdemocrat089]

15. From MSNBC:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8564816/

Chief Justice William Rehnquist hospitalized
Rehnquist was in hospital overnight for testing, observation
BREAKING NEWS
Updated: 2:43 p.m. ET July 13, 2005

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who has thyroid cancer, was hospitalized overnight Tuesday for fever, a spokeswoman said.

Rehnquist, was taken to the hospital Tuesday night and "was admitted for observation and tests," Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.

Edit: They just updated the story for that link.

[Ian David]

17. Maybe he'll end up like Terry Schiavo

That would be poetic justice, wouldn't it?

[Solly Mack]

16. :::::pats self on back::::

vanity post - overlook

[quaway]

20. honestly, we know that even if he does stay on the court

he will certainly retire next summer, while * is still in office so that they can nominate another contard while the repugs have power.


Just like Stevens...he should have retired when Clinton was in office.
Now he is 85 years old, can he hold on until we regain the office in '08 ?

[Mister Mark]

21. geez..

Can it get any more dramatic than this? (Or has this turn of events been planned out already?)

[CityDem]

22. Not again

Just when the media was putting some real heat on Rove, Rehnquist goes to the hospital. If he passes away, the media will spend at least two weeks commemorating his career and covering his memorial service. The coverage may not be as extensive as Reagan's, but it will be 24/7. After the memorial service, AWOL will announce his two new SCOTUS nominees which will be front page news for weeks.

Just when I thought we had Rove by the sack, he is going to slip away. Only an indictment will breath life back into the Rove story if Rehnquist goes. I hope he has a great doctor and pulls through.

[rasputin1952]

23. Amazing...he was hospitalized last PM, but the Shuttle scrubbing

has been on all day...sheesh,,,and people wonder WHY we bemoan the news...:shrug: