Scared Out Of My Mind

Rehnquist is dying. Three words: Chief Justice Scalia.

A bleg to the Democrats in the Senate: do whatever you can to prevent Thomistic/evangelical maniacs from getting lifetime appointments on the Supreme Court. If you're from a red state, your filibustering might mean the end of your career. But you went into public service for a reason. The furor of unenlightenment will pass one day, and history will vindicate you. For now, we need your backbones to be made of titanium.