YIKES! Now Rehnquist to Retire Friday!

End times have arrived.

Read down to graf #4 and weep.
Bush is biggest obstacle to a conservative court

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You said mount.

This does fall under oh crap on a crap cracker.
Do I hear a fillibuster a brewing?

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Rhenquist's replacement doesn't concern me at all. Try as they might, they'd be hard pressed to find someone even MORE ultraconservative than Rhenquist, so the court balance won't shift no matter how right wing his replacement is.

O'Connor's replacement is the troubling one. She was a moderate on certain issues (and good forging consensuses with other members of the moderate wing) and if her replacement is hard right and anti-abortion then there could be serious consequences, especially pertaining to several social issues.

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Updated On: 7/7/05 at 04:11 PM

But as Margo stated--that would make for status quo. What we don't want is for one of the 4 liberal judges to leave before Hillary takes office.

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I know that I went into shutdown following the elections last year. I lost heart and to a certain point started ignoring the news. Not typical behavior for me, and I'm ashamed to admit it. But I'd slso be willing to bet that I'm not the only one who reacted in a similar manner. I hope this is a sufficient wake up call and that we collectively mobilize while something can still be done. I know that I'm working hard to bring myself up to speed about the potential nominees and issues.

This is much more threatening to me than 4 more years of Bush was. And *that* was pretty damn frightening.

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I'm afraid it's doubly frightening, Iflitifloat, because the nation will be experiencing the two things simultaneously. One as a context for the other (take your pick) is a whammy beyond expectation.

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"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

Bwaysinger,

I have a 2 bedroom all picked out for us....

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JRB That is what I was think but still it makes no sense

Ah the wonderful world of politics. I do not miss it @ all

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And truly Gonzales is the Brussel Sprout, Anchovy and Peanut Butter casserole in all this. I can't help but wonder if the Right is "Objecting" to "Torture 'Em Gonzales" just so that liberals and moderates will asy "Hmmmmm, maybe he's not so bad!"

If he's the best we can hope for....ugh I can't even finish the sentence!