Three looks at the death of Rehnquist

NOW President Kim Gandy thinks:

With two lifetime appointments, George W. Bush could not only upset the delicate balance on this Supreme Court, but also extend his right-wing ideology and disregard for individual rights to the third branch of government — the judiciary — thus guaranteeing second-class status for girls and women in the U.S. for decades.

Mark Evanier looks at it this way...

So now Justice Rehnquist has died. Not a huge surprise, of course, but the political climate in this country didn't need one more divisive battle at this time...now, Congress is going to have to deal with two Supreme Court appointments from a president whose popularity will probably rival that of the B.T.K. Killer's in another month or so.

And finally, here's Amanda Marcotte on what the death of Renquist likely means:

He was no crusader for decency or anything, but nor was he a person whose ideology overruled his decisions. Those days for the Supreme Court are over. BushCo has a new appointment and can also choose the new Chief Justice.

Summary: We are fucked.

Choice is gone. And as soon as Roe v. Wade is overturned, states will start outlawing contraception, and eventually the ideologically run court will find that there's no right to privacy, period, and contraception protection will be gone.

The only thing I can say now is that people who have enough children or don't want any at all--get sterilized while you still can. As for those who want children, just not now....well, I don't know.