So.

So Justice O’Connor has resigned.
There are people who are kind of freaked out over this. I would just like to point out that of the nine justices who were seated there as of yesterday, seven of them were appointed by conservative presidents. ‘s true.

Rehnquist Reagan
Stevens Ford
O’Connor Reagan
Scalia Reagan
Kennedy Reagan
Souter Bush
Thomas Bush
Ginsburg Clinton
Breyer Clinton

So. Let’s try not to panic. I think the most important thing at this point is for concerned folks to write their Congresspeople and say, “hey, make sure Dubya doesn’t sneak a total loon in there, okay? And please don’t make the litmus test Roe v. Wade, because that’s asking for trouble. How about the right to privacy? That’s a HUGE issue right now, isn’t it?”
I’m considering doing the handwritten letter routine to my congressfolk. Packs more punch than email, after all. But I’m not panicking.

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