BREAKING NEWS Rehnquist has been taken to the hospital

[brettdale]

BREAKING NEWS Rehnquist has been taken to the hospital

cnn.com

[lonestarnot]

1. Hasta la bye bye... and another ram it up your nose

appointment on the way!

[Soup Bean]

2. That's too bad.

I hate to see anyone struggling with cancer. I hope that he is not in severe pain, and I wish him well.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. He's having a high fever

probably related to the chemo

[SoCalDem]

4. Doesn't matter to me. he won't outlast Bush

whether he goes this week, next week or next year..makes no difference..*² gets another SCOTUS pick:(

[Geoff R. Casavant]

8. And don't forget

Under the Constitution the Chief Justice presides over presidential impeachment trials in the Senate.

[AmandaRuth]

5. Once again I will say not to worry about him personally

he will get the very best of medical care, and the costs will not drive him into bankruptcy.

[SlowDownFast]

6. How many more Justices

are left until the 3rd Branch of Gov't (along with the other 2) is completely aquired by FASCISTS???

[marew]

7. Sometimes it's best to go gracefully, not something he...

seems to want to do. This man has an extreme ego. The gold stripes on his robe were put there by him. Guess he wanted to make sure everyone knew who was in charge. More than a little bit much, IMHO.

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

9. Ah crap... please hang on, Rehnquist.

please.

[Catherine Vincent]

10. He's already back home.

He had a fever. I guess every little trip to the hospital will be breaking news.

[Freedomfried]

11. Quick, roll him up a couple of fat joints!

Get that man back his appetite so he can get down some nourishment!


What, what, wait? Oh.......whats that you say?


Medical Marijuana has been re-banned?


Well I guess we need to just jack him full of morphine and call the undertaker.


Regress marches on.......

[Ptah]

12. Ironic this weekend is reaffirmation of Voting Rights.

commemorating the Voting Rights Act.


From this page:

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

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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.


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