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Article #1085Re: Drug-dependent Supremes ( was Re: Rush Limbaugh in pill probe
From: American
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 07:06
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 07:06
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"Nada, John" <shades@gotemon.com> wrote in message news:3F82079D.CCB3BC3A@gotemon.com... > "Peter H. Proctor" wrote: > > > > "WHEN SUPREME COURT JUSTICES REFUSE TO RETIRE:".... JOHN DEAN > > > > http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20010720.html > > > > "Justices' mental problems are all too easily hidden. While on the > > bench, Justice Frank Murphy, who served from 1940-49, had a serious > > drug problem (Demerol addiction), and was seeing a psychoanalyst. One > > biographer reports that at one point, he was illegally purchasing > > drugs twice a day. Law clerks, and other justices, were deciding his > > votes. No one outside the Court knew. " > > > > "Long before Associate Justice William Rehnquist was nominated to be > > chief justice, he had a serious health issue that may have impaired > > his decisionmaking. For nine years, from 1972-81, the Capitol > > physician, Freeman H. Cary, had prescribed a powerful hypnotic > > medication, Placidyl, because of Rehnquist's chronic lower back pain. > > > > This powerful controlled substance is prescribed for relief from > > insomnia. Its known side effects include "confused thinking, impaired > > memory," and even "delirium." Rehnquist started at 500 milligrams a > > day, but the dose soon tripled, to 1500 milligrams a day. > > > > Ignoring Rehnquist's Prescription Drug Use > > > > By 1981, journalists covering the Supreme Court did notice that the > > highly articulate Rehnquist was having increasing difficulty asking > > questions from the bench. Reporters who engaged in private > > conversations with Rehnquist noted that he clearly had "significant > > difficulty talking." But none wrote about it. > > > > It was not until Justice Rehnquist ended up in the hospital in January > > 1982, and it was learned that the Justice had been "seeing things and > > hearing things that other people didn't see or hear," did reporters > > say anything. > > > > Even when he was elevated to chief justice, Rehnquist's health records > > remained sealed during his confirmation hearings. More than this, the > > Senate Judiciary Committee agreed in advance not to ask him any > > questions about his health. He did testify about the cloak of secrecy > > regarding the health of justices, but not about his own condition. > > > > "I think judges have much more of a tendency to 'pull the wagons > > around' or something like that . particularly on our Court, where > > there are only nine seats, the health of every individual Justice is > > an endless subject of speculation," Rehnquist told the Senate. As > > chief justice he has continued to keep his, and the other justices', > > health well hidden. We can only assume that Rehnquist is in better > > mental health than at the time of his 1982 hospitalization. " > > > > Dr P > > Liberals need powerful drugs to combat > their multitudinous psychological disorders. > > Rehnquist record says he's what they > call 'a functioning psychopath'. All the justices of the peace are a bunch of warmongering conservative psychopaths. Death to the christian jew cop government.
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