William Rehnquist was a drug addict

[Poiuyt]

Rehnquist FBI File Sheds New Light on Drug Dependence, Confirmation Battles

Tony Mauro
Legal Times
January 3, 2007

The late Chief Justice William Rehnquist's Senate confirmation battles in 1971 and 1986 were more intense and political than previously known, according to a newly released FBI file that also offers dramatic new details about Rehnquist's 1981 hospitalization and dependence on a painkiller.

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The FBI's 1986 report on Rehnquist's drug dependence was not released at the time of his confirmation, though some Democratic senators wanted it made public. But it is in Rehnquist's now-public file, and it contains new details about his behavior during his weeklong hospital stay in December 1981. One physician whose name is blocked out told the FBI that Rehnquist expressed "bizarre ideas and outrageous thoughts. He imagined, for example, that there was a CIA plot against him."

The doctor said Rehnquist "had also gone to the lobby in his pajamas in order to try to escape." The doctor said Rehnquist's delirium was consistent with him suddenly stopping his apparent daily dose of 1400 milligrams of the drug -- nearly three times higher than the 500-milligram maximum recommended by physicians. The doctor said, "Any physician who prescribed it was practicing very bad medicine, bordering on malpractice."

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[GreenTea]

1. Always comes out too late...just as assholes now protecting BushCo will come out

after he's gone, and already done the damage and then they'll tell all...to make even more money...greedy fucks!

[Botany]

2. and this man helped stop the counting of legit votes in FL in 2000?

The doctor said Rehnquist "had also gone to the lobby in his pajamas in order to try to escape."

Just super .... just fucking super.

Just say know ..... and how many drug related crimes have clogged our jails and courts
ever since the Reagan / Bush "war on drugs" started?

BTW When asked if he challenged "non white" voters to a reading test in Arizona in 1964
as they were trying to register Rehnquist said, "I don't recall."

[hansberrym]

5. self delete

[whistle]

3. Placidyl is a sleep aid hypnotic drug

[Stephanie]

13. Bush Sr. was on Halcion - that's what made him vomit on the Japanse premier

And Coln Powell said the whole current WH was on Ambien, which is another drug that will fuck you up. George Bush is clearly drugged - I'd love to know what he's on.

[LiberalFighter]

4. Democrats were derelict in not reporting this information...

at the least they should had warned Reagan to pull the nomination or Rehnquist would be exposed.

[hansberrym]

6. Might explain why he dissented

in the Medical Marijuana case last year.





http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=...


Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. O'Connor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Thomas, J., joined as to all but Part III. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Mike

[UTUSN]

7. Heck, I'll K&R this n/t

[G_Leo_Criley]

8. k & r

:kick:

glc

[Generic Brad]

9. The ideal justice, political appointee or candidate for the GOP is blackmailable

Or so it seems.

[stevedeshazer]

10. Needs to be seen by OxyRush fans

This guy not only was a right-wing nut, he was just another drug addict.

[Stephanie]

11. That explains the crazy outfits >

[Olney Blue]

12. Can we sue the Supreme Court for malpractice in the 2000 election?

[petgoat]

14. Actually the NLG was preparing an impeachment inititative in early

September 2001 to coincide with the release of the NORC
report showing that Gore got more legal votes in Florida.

And then on that gorgeous autumn day, September 11,
History intervened.

Rehnquist and O'Connor are gone. But we can still
impeach Kennedy, Scalia, and Thomas.

[Senator]

15. There's nothing to stop a "Posthumous Impeachment"

All that is required is the political will to do so.

There would probably be no need for hearings or a Senate trial, though they certainly could be done.

A simple Resolution would likely be sufficient, perhaps on the recommendation of a national fact-finding commission.

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[petgoat]

20. That's a great idea. Impeach Rehnquist, throw his body to

the wolves of history, and allow the others to resign with dignity.

[Bluebear]

16. Another piece of the 2000 election puzzle.

A strung out Rehnquist. A Sandra Day O'Connor who, upon learning about Gore winning Florida said something like "Oh, this isn't good" . . .

[formercia]

17. The Stones...

http://www.benzo.org.uk/valium2.htm

It was the nation's most prescribed drug between 1969 and 1982, earning La Roche $600 million a year at its peak. Everyone seemed to reach for a "doll" from time to time. "The definition of a Valium addict," joked Milton Berle, "is a patient who takes more Valium than his doctor."

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/rolling+stones/mothers+little+helper_20117873.html

What a drag it is getting old
Kids are different today,
I hear evry mother say
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though shes not really ill
Theres a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter of a mothers little helper
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day

Things are different today,
I hear evry mother say
Cooking fresh food for a husbands just a drag
So she buys an instant cake and she burns her frozen steak
And goes running for the shelter of a mothers little helper
And two help her on her way, get her through her busy day

Doctor please, some more of these
Outside the door, she took four more
What a drag it is getting old

Men just arent the same today
I hear evry mother say
They just dont appreciate that you get tired
Theyre so hard to satisfy, you can tranquilize your mind
So go running for the shelter of a mothers little helper
And four help you through the night, help to minimize your plight


--snip--

[personman]

18. Probably the best thing he was too...nt

[H2O Man]

19. While I held him

in total contempt, and think Vince Bugliosi exposed his criminal side perfectly in his book on the Supreme Court's selecting Bush, I do not think that issues involving substance use/abuse/addiction should be used as a measure of "weakness."

[petgoat]

21. All right. Substance abuse is either a personal choice or a disease.

In either case, holding a responsible position while indulging in or hiding a
debilitating condition is wrong and weak.