Another Packer Fan Goes to Heaven
Deceased Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist, it turns
out, was originally from Wisconsin and was a Green Bay Packer
fan. It also turns out that he was a mild and pleasant man who
was known for his gentle wit. Ahhh Crap! I just hate it when
people like him, whose philosophies I disagree with, are nice
guys. It would've made me so much happier if he'd been revealed
to enjoy murdering and eating puppies. Then I could've continued
believing that he was vile in every single way.
Obituaries all make reference to Bush v. Gore as a defining case
in his long career, mostly these obituaries refer to it as a
'blot'. 'Blot', I'd have to say, is much too nice a word for
what he did. The United States will forever be changed because
the Supreme Court upheld election fraud as a precedent. And his
was the deciding vote.
I don't think many liberals are actually worried about John
Roberts taking over as Chief Justice. Oh, sure, he's supposed to
be 'qualified' and all that, but he's taking the place of a far
right conservative and he'll be a wash as far as the make-up of
the court goes. Conservative replacing a conservative. Status
Quo. Even Sandra Day O'Conner's replacement isn't too much of a
concern because she was appointed by a Republican president and
even though she was well known as a swing voter, whose to say
her replacement won't turn out to be a swinger, too? It's a
funny thing that the Supreme Court Judges who turned out to be
the most liberal were also appointed by conservative presidents.
Here's the big question, ready for it .... abortion. Will the
new judges on the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade? My guess?
Nope. Not at all. Conservative judges, real conservative judges,
don't believe in overturning precedents. They also don't that
the court should be activist (ie) they don't believe that the
judiciarie's role is to be making laws, only interpeting the
ones we have. So the more conservative they are the less likely
they are to change things.