Thursday, May 13, 2004

 

"No matter whether th'Constitution follows the flag or not, th'Soopreme Coort follows th'iliction returns."

So said Finley Peter Dunne's fictional Chicago bartender Mr. Dooley over a century ago, and it's all the more true today (or rather, with Bush v. Gore, they now decree the election returns). Let's hope -- in deciding whether Bush can declare himself Absolute Despot over the Guantanamo detainees -- they follow the news, too.

To Scalia, Thomas, Rehnquist, O'Connor and Kennedy, I say: You created this Monster, Dr. Frankenstein. You rein him in.

posted by Michael 10:52 PM