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  •  But wait (none / 0)

    It's back again!

    As the diarist says in a comment that if Rehnquist dies or heaven forbid Stevens, then he could conceivably recess appoint.

    "But your flag decal won't get you into heave anymore."--Prine
    Blue House Diaries

    by Cathy on Fri Jul 01, 2005 at 08:45:20 PM PDT

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    •  Yeah, but (none / 0)

      Yeah, the technical invalidation of that lefty horror story doesn't work for anyone but SDOC. However, I still say Bush doesn't have the public support necessary to do anything like that. And my knowledge of constitutional law is flimsy too, so it may not even be legal -- though I think it is.

      Americans would not like this, and at a time when Bush is increasingly vulnerable to indictments and public humiliations (DSM, Plamegate, Osama Bin Laden, Social Sec., etc.) I can't imagine he'd do it. It'd make him unpopular and GOP Congressmen would have to start playing against him in their home states in order to buoy their poll numbers ahead of 06.

      it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses

      by Addison on Fri Jul 01, 2005 at 08:49:14 PM PDT

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      •  I agree (none / 0)

        Bush does not have the public's goodwill to the degree necessary to get away with it, anyway.  

        And Rehnquist would have to die this weekend, or retire just before the next upcoming recess for that horror to work.

         

        "But your flag decal won't get you into heave anymore."--Prine
        Blue House Diaries

        by Cathy on Fri Jul 01, 2005 at 08:53:14 PM PDT

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    •  How much worse (none / 0)

      could Rehnquist's replacement be?

      by KeithH on Fri Jul 01, 2005 at 09:07:56 PM PDT

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      •  one thing I've learned (none / 1)

        in the last few years...don't EVER assume things can't get worse when this administration has something to say about it.

        What's the difference between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War? George W. Bush had a plan to get out of the Vietnam War.

        by hazydan on Fri Jul 01, 2005 at 09:14:47 PM PDT

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      •  will be four decades younger (none / 0)

        Rehnquist's replacement may not change the ideological distribution of the court much, but it will change the age distribution. we'll be stuck with this person for decades, even if we win every presidential election from now on.

        My husband commented tonight that Stevens really should have retired during Clinton's second term to allow Clinton to change the age distribution in our favor. Yes, the atmosphere in the GOP-controlled Senate was poisonous, and yes, Stevens seems to be in decent health, but I am really worried about whether he can last another four years (couldn't retire until early 2009 at the earliest). Clinton could have gotten another Breyer-type person through.

        John McCain: 100 years in Iraq "would be fine with me."

        by desmoinesdem on Fri Jul 01, 2005 at 09:52:28 PM PDT

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    •  OH MY GOD! (none / 1)

      BUSH IS GOING TO KILL REHNQUIST!!!

      Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? - Mary Oliver, "The Summer Day"

      by Rico on Fri Jul 01, 2005 at 09:18:24 PM PDT

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    •  Bush does it (none / 0)

      And we own his ass. Bushco is ruthless, not stupid.

      I Am Hussein and So Can You

      by Goldfish on Fri Jul 01, 2005 at 10:49:58 PM PDT

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