News flash: Rehnquist Was Not A Good Man

• Tnx C&F.  I, am, like, totally shocked to find out that he was a racist.  Of somewhat more interest, is whether people will start to argue that decisions which he either authored, or cast a deciding vote are of less value, because of his racism and drug use.  (And, just so you don’t call me a political hack, I state emphatically that Justice Roberts is a good man.  Even though I disagree with him on some things, he is smart, capable, and as close to moral as you can get.)
• ACS’s weekly bulletin presents well-documented some judicial dirt on the Michigan Supreme Court.  Apparently, people are calling each other children, and unfit to be justices.  From the memos posted, it seems that these people are overdoing the politics.  However, the people of Michigan like a politicized Supreme Court, and it is their democratic choice.  Take a look at this dissent.  The bulletin writes, "Also among Justice Weaver’s concerns is an internal court memo in which Chief Justice Taylor described her as a “petulant ‘only child” who is “holding her breath’ until she gets her way.”  Why do judges even bother to talk about congeniality, when this is the way they think about each other.  "