Thanks Tony

I'm feeling nostalgic lately (perhaps it is the impending end of civilization as we know it that is bringing it on). Here is the wit and wisdom of Antonin Scalia, from the preliminary ruling granting the cert petition in Bush v. Gore:

The counting of votes that are of questionable legality does in my view threaten irreparable harm to petitioner, and to the country, by casting a cloud upon what he claims to be the legitimacy of his election. Count first, and rule upon legality afterwards, is not a recipe for producing election results that have the public acceptance democratic stability requires.

I sure am glad the Bush administration doesn't have a cloud on its legitimacy, aren't you?

And don't even get me started on "irreparable harm to...the country."