Thursday, August 04, 2005

 

Hot Town! Summer In The City

With Chief Justice Rehnquist heading back into the hospital with another fever, a terrible thought just occurred to me: What if Rehnquist suddenly steps down or takes a turn for the worse, and Bush takes the opportunity to make another recess appointment -- this time, of Chief Justice Alberto Gonzales?

It could happen! Eisenhower made three recess Supreme Court appointments -- including Chief Justice Earl Warren.

If Bush did that, he could withstand the inevitable criticism from the left and the right on a Gonzales appointment, because of what the suckass press would undoubtedly characterize as his "boldness."

And although the recess appointment would end in January of 2007, Gonzales would go into Senate confirmation hearings as "the incumbent."

If I'm just thinking of this, you can rest assured that Karl Rove thought of it months ago.

posted by Michael 4:38 PM