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David Souter’s BFF claims the Supreme Court Justice didn’t weep uncontrollably after the United States curled up and died in 2000, but Souter still loathes Washington D.C. and probably the Supreme Court, too. [Union Leader]

New York Times Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse throws a fit and refuses to allow C-Span to televise a panel discussion (just like Scalia), because she got in trouble last year for basically admitting she’s a dirty baby-killing liberal (just like Ginsburg). Now everyone knows she’s a liberal and a jerk (just like, uh… Stevens?) [CJR]

Guys, guys, John Paul Stevens totally wrote that last dissent while totally high. MORE »

Good news, America — your kid no longer has to go school with the blacks!

The New York Times illustrated the ruling with a handy graphic that we’re pretty sure they’ll be getting a lot of use out of over the next couple years.

In fact, we’ve peeked into the future — and it’s after the jump!

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In two landmark first amendment cases today, the Supreme Court ruled: MORE »

* On 4th anniversary of Iraq war, President Bush reminds everyone how great it is, why we should stay. [WP, NYT]
* Meanwhile, Democrats move towards “a withdraw-the-troops bill, not a fund-the-troops bill,” one greased congressional palm at a time. [WP]
* Justice Department considers shutting up one of the fired attorneys with a new job. Hopefully, he’ll also demand a hush-corner office, a hush-oak desk, and a giant hush-jar of only green jelly beans. [WP]
* Patrick Fitzgerald was on the DOJ “enemies list” released in yesterday’s document dump. [WP, NYT]
* Flunkies for Barry O. and Hill Rod have a little spat in front of some college boys over “who would have been more against the war if 2003 was a Presidential election year.” [WP]
* Supreme Court hears “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” case, finds a lack of any bong hits or any Jesus. [NYT]
* Rudy Giuliani: it’s almost as if he’s a real lawyer. [WSJ]

* Reliable Source: Broadway play about the complex relationship between Supreme Court Justices Harry Blackmun and Warren Burger to be pretty much like The Sunshine Boys but funnier… Matt Damon’s here filming. Much more exciting: Nic “Ghost Rider” Cage will be here soon. [WP]
* Yeas and Nays: Tony Snow played his damn flute again… Ron Paul: Very popular on the internet… There is a Furry in a dolphin suit repping for Mitt Romney at CPAC. [Examiner]

The Supreme Court is currently hearing Scott v. Harris, which is deciding whether a cop who rammed a speeding car used unnecessary deadly force. Which sounds pretty ho-hum, sure, but this one has a kick-ass car chase video. MORE »

* Court upholds law insuring there will be no Guantanamo Redemption for the charming, good-natured inmates of that prison. [WP, NYT, LAT]
* Supreme Court says smoking kills, but it’s still cool. [WP, NYT]
* David Geffen sits in a booster seat at the booster dinner he hosted for Barry Hussein. [WP]
* One hundred Americans in a room, and only 9 of the most stoned think they trust President Bush to improve national healthcare. [WSJ]
* Ellen Tauscher looks like low-hanging moderate fruit to the gaping maw of California hippie bloggers. [WP]
* Jurors begin deliberations today in the trial of that lying liar Scooter Libby. We’ll let you know if you need to pay attention. [WP, NYT]
* White House calls reduction of British forces in Iraq, “a sign of success.” [LAT, USAT, Guardian]
* Maybe there are actually three things from Texas. [NYT]

* Reliable Source: Who’s Anna Nicole Smith’s baby-daddy? Yes, it’s President’s Day Weekend… Which bits of Breach are real and which are made-up? Take a quiz… More juicy Woodrow Wilson gossip! [WP]
* Yeas and Nays: Virginia hates Hillary, loves Barry Obama… Mos Def wore an “Obama: So Fresh, So Clean” shirt the other night… Rep. Roscoe Bartlett wants everyone to stop calling it Presidents’ Day, because it’s clearly Washington’s birthday… Newt Gingrich will not announce his intention to lose the Republican nomination until September. [Examiner]
* Washington Whispers: Mike Huckabee’s daughter is following him around keeping him out of trouble… Bushies still attempting to stack the courts, hope to get one more on SCOTUS before they’re run out of town… Arlen Specter called the Supreme Court lazy. [USN&WR]

Yes, we know that Antonin Scalia’s daughter was arrested last night for drunk driving. MORE »

* Iraq Study Group leaks its non-binding recommendations: they want to withdraw American troops, offer no timetable. [WP, NYT, LAT]
* President Bush also ignored by Iraqis, as Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki ducks him at their so-called summit. [NYT]
* Bill Frist won’t run for president in 2008, cites influential Pete Seeger lyrics in announcement of decision. [WP, NYT, LAT]
* Majority of Americans think: Iraq is in civil war, Donald Rumsfeld’s ouster was needed, and that Robert Gates probably won’t be able to really change anything over there. [WSJ]
* One of “the most difficult and important” recommendations of the 9/11 Commission will be largely ignored by the Democratic Congress. [WP]
* Supreme Court hears first case on Greenhouse gas emissions. Antonin Scalia says, “I don’t want to have to deal with global warming.” [WP, NYT]
* States will try to bolster the public’s “fragile trust” in electronic voting machines before 2008. [WSJ]

• New media fails Rick Santorum as his two full-time campaign bloggers can’t find a link to victory. [Blog P.I.]

• Regular basement bloggers thankful for self-aggrandizing post-election rant template. [Mr. Sun]
• One tiny ballot cast for a Democrat, one giant vote for Sean Penn, NAMBLA, the Klu Klux Klan, Pete Seeger, and Kim Jong-Il. [Sweetness & Light]
• Self styled hipster-minister blames Ted Haggard’s gayness on his wife’s refusal to strap it on and get the job done. [Pandagon]
• Supreme Court clerks are in it for the pussy, don’t care if you know. [Above The Law]
• Elvis Aaron Presley: registered voter, Memphis, Tennessee. [Voting in Memphis]
• Missouri Senate race to be decided by which candidate’s pronunciation of the state’s name sounds less like a redneck pig-fucker. [The Right Place]
• Next-to-last day of Katherine Harris’s political career goes swimmingly as she is endorsed by the brothers Bush. [The Swamp]

• FBI examines Foley’s computers after Dennis Hastert calls out the Justice Department junkyard dogs. [NYT, WP, Roll Call [sub. req.]]

• Tom Reynolds (R-NY) will not be “thrown under a bus” by Hastert, over who-knew-what-when Foley info. [WP]
• Foley not totally evil, was after all, “one of the cool congressmen.” [NYT]
• “GOP Suburban Agenda” in full effect as Republicans push through small bills that embattled incumbents can use to show constituents they did something. [WP]
• Supreme Court enters second term, “that will define the new court in both substance and style.” [NYT]
• Wal-Mart: now hiring anyone who’ll work for 15 cents a day and no bathroom breaks. [NYT]
• Virginia worries its regal brand identity will be tarnished by one of the overtly racist candidates it plans to elect to the Senate — Leno, Stewart agree. [WP]