Rehnquist has been taken to the hospital

[cal04]

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, was taken to the hospital with a fever on Thursday, the second emergency treatment for the 80-year-old ailing justice in two months. Rehnquist, who has cancer, had been taken by ambulance to Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., in July and admitted for observation and tests.

Supreme Court spokesman Ed Turner said Rehnquist returned to the same hospital "for evaluation" after developing a fever on Thursday.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/REHNQUIST_HOSPITALIZED?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=customwire.htm

[Greeby]

1. Ho boy

This better not be as a result of that Pat Robertson prayer :yoiks:

[dbt]

3. Nah, just the flames of Hell getting a little closer.

Happens every day.

:evilgrin:

[WI_DEM]

4. did Pat pray that Renquest die? so that Bush could appoint

another, younger healthier neo-con?

[Moochy]

10. He's hoping Bush nominates Dakota Fanning

Dakota Fanning for the supreme court!

She'll be on the court for 65+ years!!

[Greeby]

27. More or less

He prayed for God to make more vacancies on the court, from which you gain the inference that he wants them to die

[neuvocat]

2. What was that movie with Julia Roberts and Denzel

Washington where the president was killing Supreme Court justices?

[htuttle]

5. The Pelican Brief

Great movie, IMHO.

[CityDem]

16. Good book

Lousy movie.

[htuttle]

18. I'll have to pick up the book sometime

What I liked about the movie was the plot.

[CityDem]

19. As in most cases

The book always seems to be better than the movie. The author can develop the characters more fully in the book while a movie seems to be more like 50 or so sound bites. The early Grisham books were fairly entertaining for non fiction.

[CatholicEdHead]

6. 2 for 1 this year?

As if it will not get hot enough in the Senate come September.

[Gman]

7. Chemo often causes a high fever

probably he's having a side effect.

[demigoddess]

24. One guy on tv (cant remember who ) said that roberts

would probably be Chief Justice in six months. I thought he was saying that rhenquist wants to see someone confirmed before the gives up or resigns. Good by Roe v Wade. And you all did not think it would happen.

[endarkenment]

8. Basically it just keeps getting worse. EOM.

[Kraklen]

9. Doctor says "this is bullshit", calls time of death.

[Call me Deacon Blues]

11. Chief Justice William Rehnquist goes to hospital with a fever

No details yet on MSNBC. Do you think Pat Robertson is happy now?

[Canuckistanian]

12. Give it up, Willie

You've done your job. Now retire and enjoy what life you have left.

[Benhurst]

13. Bill Rehnquist knock, knock, knocking on ...

the gates to Hell.

[Solly Mack]

14. well well well

[Pithy Cherub]

15. For pete's sake, the pResident is trying to be on vacation

and people keep interrupting with real life issues. :sarcasm:

[phusion]

20. LOL!

Yea, jeez...can't a guy get any rest?

[Rainscents]

22. LOL...

:rofl:

[CityDem]

17. Rehnquist is the devil we know

He is probably better than a Janice Rogers Brown who would be on the court for 30-40 years. I cannot fathom the possibility of AWOL nominating 3-4 SCOTUS justices.

[aquart]

23. I pray for Rehnquist to live three more years. In excellent health.

And then Satan can have his treasonous guts.

[proud2BlibKansan]

33. Amen

I am hoping he recovers and stays on the court at least 3 more years.

[Rainscents]

21. Didn't Dobson wished him dead? I think it was Mike Mollay who said

this last night, Dobson pray to GOD to wish Rehnquist dead. This comment made me real angry when I heard it... How could anyone wish someone dead? This is so sick! :puke: :mad:

[Marthe48]

25. I bet he doesn't have to worry about losing his medical benefits

or using up his savings or choosing between food and medicine like some of us.

[NYC]

28. That was the first thing that went through my mind.

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[Marthe48]

32. u2

proud lurker since Feb 2001 (or so!)

[cal04]

26. Udated at 8:22 Released from the Hospital

Rehnquist was treated and released from Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., the same hospital where he spent two nights for observation and tests in July, also after running a fever.

The chief justice has thyroid cancer, and his latest health problems will almost certainly renew questions about whether he is well enough to remain on the court.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/rehnquist_hospitalized

[Phoonzang]

29. If he does die...

I hope someone does a whole "Weekend At Bernie's" thing and keeps him on the bench for another 3 years. Better the corpse of Rheinquest that some wingnut. :)

[NNN0LHI]

30. Shall we sponge his mouth? n/t

[bearfan454]

31. The neocons probably all have hard ons

drooling on the thought of dimson nominating 2 hard core righties to the SCOTUS.

[Ptah]

34. Ironic that this weekend is the celebration in Atlanta

commemorating the Voting Rights Act.


From this page:

http://www.thinkcentre.org/article.cfm?ArticleID=271

<snip>
In 1962, Republican activist William (then "Bill") Rehnquist was
the leader of Operation Eagle Eye, a flying squad of GOP lawyers that
swept through polling places in south Phoenix to question the right of
minority voters to cast their ballots. As Dave Wagner reported in the
Arizona Republic last year, Rehnquist defended keeping African Americans
out of stores and restaurants in Phoenix. In 1964, at the Bethune Precinct,
(which was 40 percent Hispanic and 90 percent Democratic) Rehnquist and
Operation Eagle Eye activists challenged every Black and Mexican voter's
ability to read the Constitution of the United States in the English language (then a requirement.)

The result, according to one witness, was "a line a half-block long, four
abreast.They wanted people to become frustrated and leave." In his testimony
to a US Senate hearing on his appointment to the Supreme Court, Rehnquist
denied that he officially challenged anyone's right to vote. Just as today's
defenders of Bush, argue that voter error, not bias, disproportionately
shrank the counted vote, Rehnquist argued that he broke no rules,
he was just following the law.


</snip>