Chief Justice Rehnquist dead at the age of 80

News arrived tonight that William Rehnquist Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has died at the age of 80 after a long battle with cancer. This means that President Bush will now be appointing not one but two jurists to the highest court in the land. I will have further comments at a latter time on the subject but I think you are about to witness one of the larger political battles to hit Washington DC in quite some time. Let us hope that reason will prevail and that President Bush chooses as wisely for his second nomination as he has for his first. Only time will tell.