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Monday, June 27, 2005
Supreme anxiety
The Rehnquist watch has begun, after the Court issued another series of decisions that are sure to disappoint both sides of the Great Divide:
  • No on the public display of the Ten Commandments ... sort of;
  • Yes to suing file sharing services;
  • No review of the CIA leak case;
  • No, cable co's don't have to share
(Best Freeper post so far in response to the Court's sometimey Commandments decision, which struck down two displays in Kentucky but declined to outlaw all such displays, including one in Texas: "Well, at least they followed the 11th commandment. Don't Mess with Texas.")

Meanwhile, the right's anxiety, fueled by the God-awful Kelo v. New London decision and likely to be heightened by the liberal justices' 5-4 partial rejection of the Law of Moses, will be kicking into high gear as the Bush administration prepares to narrow down its shortlist into a single Rehnquist replacement (assuming he steps down). Novak runs down the right's fear and loathing of a Gonzalez nomination. This amid speculation by Bill Kristol in the Weekly Standard last week that Justice O'Connor -- and not Rehnquist -- could be the first to step down. (Apparently she is looking to spend more time with ailing family in Arizona, or some such-like...) If O'Connor goes, and Bush takes the opportunity to replace her "moderate seat" with moderate (and Hispanic) Gonzalez, watch for heads to literally explode on the right. The ideal scenario for the right is that both O'Connor and Rehnquist's chairs would be filled by reliable religous rightists, making the Court a 6-3 environment for the hated Roe v. Wade...

Slate runs down the Bush shortlist, and from last Thursday, explains why liberals might be sorry to see Mr. Rehnquist go.
posted by JReid @ 10:11 AM  


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