9/04/2005
Evil Bill Is Dead
Bill Rehnquist, that is. One less guy who gives a damn about Gilbert and Sullivan, whoever they are. And federalism. And kicking people when they're down. Am sorta wondering, in a detached, glad-I'm-in-Canada sorta way, what soulless whitebread asshole they'll recruit to replace him. (UPDATE: Answer: John Roberts)

And no, I don't care if he was a nice guy in person. Hitler loved his dog. But that's not the legacy I'll remember. Alan Dershowitz nails it for me here:

My mother always told me that when a person dies, one should not say anything bad about him. My mother was wrong. History requires truth, not puffery or silence, especially about powerful governmental figures. And obituaries are a first draft of history.

So here's the truth about Chief Justice Rehnquist you won't hear on Fox News or from politicians. Chief Justice William Rehnquist set back liberty, equality, and human rights perhaps more than any American judge of this generation. His rise to power speaks volumes about the current state of American values.
 
# by Chris @ 6:45 PM