November 02, 2004

If there is a recount, it will not make it to the Supreme Court
by Liza Sabater

Yahoo! News - Rehnquist Undergoing Radiation and Chemo

Rehnquist had planned to join fellow justices when they were back on the bench after a two-week break. But instead he issued a statement saying "at the suggestion of my doctors, (I) am continuing to recuperate at home."

Rehnquist was released from a Maryland hospital last Friday after undergoing surgery to have a tube inserted in his throat to help his breathing.

The court has released no details about his weeklong stay at Bethesda Naval Medical Center, except to say that he had a tracheotomy. The type of thyroid cancer and its severity have not been disclosed.

Rehnquist, 80, revealed the cancer diagnosis a week ago, prompting speculation about a court vacancy for the first time in more than a decade. The winner of Tuesday's presidential election is expected to name one or more justices to a court that is deeply divided on issues like abortion, affirmative action and the death penalty.

Dr. Ann M. Gillenwater of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston said that the combination of chemotherapy and radiation is the normal treatment for anaplastic thyroid cancer, a more serious type.

Can you see the decision being taken all the way to the Supreme Court? Nope, I don't think so. The battle is going to be waged on the lower courts.

More important than that is the fact today we elect not just the next President of the United States, but the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. If Kerry wins, make no mistake, it will not be Scalia or Thomas. And that is a good thing.

Posted by Liza Sabater in 2004 Elections, Government, Health, Law
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