The FBI's files on now dead Chief Justice William Rehnquist were declassified under the Freedom of Information Act, and they reveal much about the arch-conservative opponent of anti-discrimination law of every flavor.

For starters, we learn that the Reagan administration, specifically recently departed UN Ambassador John Bolton in concert with Grandbigot Strom Thurmond, used the FBI to "investigate" potentially damaging witnesses who testified during his confirmation. We also learn that the Nixon appointee was addicted to prescription painkillers and, during a 1981 hospitalization to clean him up, he hallucinated and imagined that the CIA was plotting against him.

Clearly this man deserved a raise.


"What's that smell? It's the color orange, standing right over there! And it's singing 'Reelin' in the Years'!"

Analogcabin @ 8:19 AM
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