Judicial

Bush gets to chose another Supreme Court Justice… TWO IN THE SAME YEAR! Zomg.

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who oversaw the high court’s conservative shift and presided over the impeachment trial of President Clinton, died Saturday evening. He was 80 years old and had spent 33 years on the Supreme Court.

Rehnquist’s death opens a rare second vacancy on the nation’s highest court and gives President Bush, whose election Rehnquist helped decide, an opportunity shape the makeup of the court for years to come.

“The Chief Justice battled thyroid cancer since being diagnosed last October and continued to perform his duties on the court until a precipitous decline in his health the last couple of days,” court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said in announcing his death.

Rehnquist was surrounded by his three children when he died at his home in suburban Arlington, Va. His wife died in 1991.

Total control over all three branches of the government? Sounds like Singapore.