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Saturday, September 03, 2005


William Rehnquist, RIP.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who quietly advanced the conservative ideology of the Supreme Court under his leadership, died Saturday evening. He was 80.

The justice, diagnosed with thyroid cancer, had a tracheotomy and received chemotherapy and radiation as part of his treatment.
Ultimately, not a big shift on the court. Bush is going to replace him with a Rehnquist wannabe, anyway. But what's most alarming about this is that America's radical cleric, Pat Robertson, got his prayer answered.
Televangelist Pat Robertson has asked his audience to pray to God for three justices to leave the U.S. Supreme Court. He would like to see them replaced with more conservative justices.

On the Web site of his Christian Broadcasting Network, he said, "One justice is 83 years old, another has cancer and another has a heart condition. Would it not be possible for God to put it in the minds of these three judges that the time has come to retire?"
I know he was really hoping for a Souter, Ginsburg, or a Breyer.



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