I definitely have more to say on the matter, but this Skip Gates thing is really pissing me off, especially since I should've known better and not read the comments. But I did. And next time I hear folk ranting about "Librul Massachusetts, I'll just lol and sip my sweet tea in Dixie Souf Cack.

Letter to the Orlando Sentinel
Zora Neale Hurston
August 11, 1955
Editor:

I promised God and some other responsible characters, including a bench of bishops, that I was not going to part my lips concerning the U.S. Supreme Court decision on ending segregation in the public schools of the South. But since a lot of time has passed ( Read more... )

As I watch 60 Minutes, I'm bothered that this interview has made me, dare I say it, like him. Then again, one of his great friends on the court is Ginsberg, so, clearly, the man has a heart. Although I completely disagree the Constitution is a dead document, or else I'd still be 3/5ths of a person, and other not great things, but now that I ( Read more... )

Roberts to be chief justice?

lawdhavmercy.

But I guess I should be glad it's not Thomas or Scalia . . . both of whom are severely unhinged and out of touch with REALITY.

washingtonpost.com
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Dies

By Charles Lane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 4, 2005; A01

William Hubbs Rehnquist, the 16th chief justice of the United States, died last night at his home in Arlington. He was 80.

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