Apparently the Republicans have a strategy to gain the upper hand in this years round of judicial appointments. Hugh Hewitt has an article in World Magazine which is pretty good as to why Senate Majority Leader Frist has laid the cards on the table. The other big announcement yesterday, see ( Hugh Hewitt’s Blog about half the way down the page, ) entitled The Next Supreme Court Justice. was the announcement in the New York Times (which you can actually read without having to log in) using this link, entitled New Round of Speculation About Rehnquist’s Farewell .

This is obviously yesterday’s news, but what the heck, this is PCB country! Besides, you won’t get to read about it in the local papers until next week.

It is imperative that we arm ourselves and be prepared to contact our legislators if in fact Justice Rehnquist actually does retire. We need to know the facts, the players, and the names, if we are to express our opinions intelligently in our representative form of government.