Saturday, September 03, 2005
Rehnquist
Rehnquist, after selfishly and irresponsibly pretending to serve for several months, has finally died.
If the Republicans in the Senate were competent adults, they would now do something like the following:
1. Ask whoever is in charge of the executive branch -- Barney, the White House janitor, a potted plant, I don't know -- to submit the name of Janice Rogers Brown for nomination.
2. Abolish the filibuster.
3. Appoint Roberts.
4. Move Scalia to Chief.
5. Appoint Brown.
This is all perfectly legal and perfectly possible for a party with a 54% majority.
This could be done in about one hour by competent politicians. Any high-school Student Council could do a similar job without breaking a sweat.
Since we know the Republicans in the Senate are not competent, we know this will not happen.
Instead, this will happen:
The Party of Treason (which does include some competent politicians, no matter how wrong and disloyal) will tie up the Senate until Mr. Bush is either impeached, resigns, or abdicates. Since this is likely to happen before the next Supreme Court term begins, the Party of Treason will then be able to appoint Phyllis Hamilton and Laurence Tribe to the empty seats. They will do this in about one hour.
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Hmm. Bit pessmistic last night, weren't we? Tell you what, I'll come back here and eat crow if the Senate shows any signs of competence. Or if Stephen Hawking leaps out of his wheelchair and becomes a pro wrestler. The crows are safe, I think. ¶ 10:23 PM
If the Republicans in the Senate were competent adults, they would now do something like the following:
1. Ask whoever is in charge of the executive branch -- Barney, the White House janitor, a potted plant, I don't know -- to submit the name of Janice Rogers Brown for nomination.
2. Abolish the filibuster.
3. Appoint Roberts.
4. Move Scalia to Chief.
5. Appoint Brown.
This is all perfectly legal and perfectly possible for a party with a 54% majority.
This could be done in about one hour by competent politicians. Any high-school Student Council could do a similar job without breaking a sweat.
Since we know the Republicans in the Senate are not competent, we know this will not happen.
Instead, this will happen:
The Party of Treason (which does include some competent politicians, no matter how wrong and disloyal) will tie up the Senate until Mr. Bush is either impeached, resigns, or abdicates. Since this is likely to happen before the next Supreme Court term begins, the Party of Treason will then be able to appoint Phyllis Hamilton and Laurence Tribe to the empty seats. They will do this in about one hour.
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Hmm. Bit pessmistic last night, weren't we? Tell you what, I'll come back here and eat crow if the Senate shows any signs of competence. Or if Stephen Hawking leaps out of his wheelchair and becomes a pro wrestler. The crows are safe, I think. ¶ 10:23 PM
