William Renquist is dead. Here we go again!

[DarkStar]

Just flashed on CNN.

Sad, but not unexpected.

Bush gets to appoint his 2nd justice of the summer.

 

[Raeven0]

Onward came the conspiracy theorists!

Not that I wholly disagree with them...

 

[DarkStar]

Onward came the conspiracy theorists!

Not that I wholly disagree with them...

Conspiracy?

Umm.....O'Conner retired and Renquist was 80.

I'm not seeing it.

 

[Last One In]

w0w! I wonder who bush will choose next. His Roberts decision was good so I wonder if he can do it again. Oh the suspense

 

[Raeven0]

Conspiracy?

Umm.....O'Conner retired and Renquist was 80.

I'm not seeing it.

You almost didn't miss the point.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

yep my mom was whatching it too.. 80 yrs old but still kinda sad

 

[Last One In]

First the hurricane, now this. What will happen next? will califorinia slide into the ocean or will yellowstone take out the western united states?

 

[DarkStar]

First the hurricane, now this. What will happen next? will califorinia slide into the ocean or will yellowstone take out the western united states?

Seriously.

Talk about the opposite of a slow news week.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

First the hurricane, now this. What will happen next? will califorinia slide into the ocean or will yellowstone take out the western united states?

Well, to be honest, he was 80 years old and VERY sick. I'm surprised he held out as long as he did, tough old guy. Hope he's in a better place now.

 

[satch919]

I'm not going to pretend and say that I'm sad or anything. I didn't know the chief justice. Besides, most of us saw this coming from a mile away. He was old and sick. Old people usually deteriorate pretty quickly when they become ill.

I guess it would be more realistic and honest to say thanks for serving on such an important panel.

 

[skarrob]

May he rest in Peace. And may Bush appoint another strong conservative.

 

[Absinthe]

Can't comment too much as I really don't know enough about him.

RIP

I'll also take this opportunity to pre-cringe at whoever Bush may now appoint. Anybody remember when Pat Robertson was praying for more open seats? Bet that shit's having a field day. "TEH WURK OF TEH LOARD"

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Can't comment too much as I really don't know enough about him.

RIP

I'll also take this opportunity to pre-cringe at whoever Bush may now appoint. Anybody remember when Pat Robertson was praying for more open seats? Bet that shit's having a field day. "TEH WURK OF TEH LOARD"

It's safe to say that he would've retired later to give Bush another apointee, so it's not really a surprise that Bush is getting to replace him. O'Connor was a surprise though, to me at least. Maybe another will retire soon, too, who knows. I bet the next president (if it's 8 years) or one after that (If 4 years) gets like 4 apointees. Reagan got to do 4 if I believe.

 

[Absinthe]

Oh, I understand that this was probably gonna happen and events like it are going to step up over the next couple of years.

I just envision Robertson taking a natural and expectant thing and spinning it up into something biblical.

 

[Tr0n]

Jesus pwned him.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

As a religious person if being pwned by Jesus means taken I'm here and ready to pwned. haha.

 

[No Limit]

The best democrats can do now to protect this country is hold off Bush's nominations until late next year where hopefully they will gain back some seats in congress.

 

[Last One In]

Roberts isn't a bad nominee.

 

[No Limit]

Roberts isn't a bad nominee.

Depends on who the other nominee is. If Bush appoints a right wing wacko Democrats have every right to block both nominations. If Bush is fair about the second one, which he won't be, I think Roberts would be a great addition to the supreme court.