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A Rehnquist Ode

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Prof. John Q. Barrett, who authors the emailed Jackson List on things relating to Justice Robert Jackson, has an article in the Green Bag on a Gilbert and Sullivan spoof written by Jackson clerk William Rehnquist. The article is here, which has lots of background and explanation. I've reproduced the spoof and an excerpt of the original after the jump. Regrettably, Barrett sullies his article with one of those asinine comments that we get from liberals who think they are being nice to conservatives while actually betraying their own prejudices and misconceptions. "William Rehnquist's strong, sometimes stern views, both in his youth and later, did not mean that he was humorless." Why would anyone think for a minute that there is any inconsistency between strong conservative views and a sense of humor? Only if they have a profound misunderstanding of conservative thought...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on June 20, 2008 (boomark / email).