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Another Vacancy?

By Thomas Jeffrey

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Article Posted: Monday September 11, 2006

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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy received an arterial stent over the Labor Day weekend after the 69-year old moderate conservative complained of some mild chest pain. The procedure, which was described in a written statement from the court as a “revision” to another stent that was implanted last year, was performed without incident. Justice Kennedy resumed his duties at the Court the following Tuesday.

“This was a revision to a stent procedure performed in November 2005,” the court said in a written statement. “There was no evidence of heart damage. He was discharged from the hospital Sunday morning and has returned to his duties at the court.”

However, the news of the previous stent’s implantation was not known outside of the halls of justice until it was mentioned as an aside in the court’s statement about Justice Kennedy, giving rise, once again, to speculation that some of the Supremes may not be in the best of health.

And with Justice Kennedy assuming the mantel of “swing voter” amongst the boys and girls in black since his colleague Sandra Day O’Connor left the bench in January of this year, his ardent support (and vote) for both gay rights and Roe v. Wade are really the only thing standing in the way of the extremes of the conservative religious right.

So what does all this actually mean to you, the loyal readers of the Leftwing Nutjob? Well, it confirms what I have long maintained since the Smirking POTUS was reelected to a second term as president back in November, 2003—that the lasting legacy of President George W. Bush won’t be the war on terror, his no child left behind campaign, or even the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. It will be his nomination to the court of justices that will forever change the legal landscape of our nation for decades to come.

This nutjob has long believed that the Smirking POTUS’ influence upon the court wouldn’t end with the appointment of both Alito and Roberts—that, in the end, I still believe that the president will get to appoint yet one more justice to the court before he leaves office in January of 2009.

And the way things are going, I’m really going to lament, once again, having to be right all the time!

Source:
Justice Kennedy Has Stent Implanted—Washington Post
Justice Kennedy has second surgery on artery—CNN.com

- posted by: Thomas Jeffrey and Sep 11, 12:42 PM in Supreme-Court

 

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