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So Justice O’Connor has resigned.
There are people who are kind of freaked out over this. I would just like to point out that of the nine justices who were seated there as of yesterday, seven of them were appointed by conservative presidents. ‘s true.

So. Let’s try not to panic. I think the most important thing at this point is for concerned folks to write their Congresspeople and say, “hey, make sure Dubya doesn’t sneak a total loon in there, okay? And please don’t make the litmus test Roe v. Wade, because that’s asking for trouble. How about the right to privacy? That’s a HUGE issue right now, isn’t it?”
I’m considering doing the handwritten letter routine to my congressfolk. Packs more punch than email, after all. But I’m not panicking.