Senator Reid endorses former KKK members for SCOTUS

Reno Gazette-Journal ^ | 7/7/2005 | reallygone

[reallygone]

Reid cited Justice Hugo Black of Alabama as a former senator who was appointed to the Supreme Court. Black, a member of the Ku Klux Klan in his youth, was appointed to the court by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1937.

“I think it is a great idea,” Reid said about the possibility of appointing a senator to the Supreme Court. “Some outstanding people have come from the Senate. The last was an ex-Ku Klux Klansman who turned out to be one of the greatest civil-rights jurists of all time.”

[reallygone]

OK. The Dems have a former KKK member serving in the Senate, and now they want one appointed to the SCOTUS. (use link and find halfway down)

[CzarNicky]

Good news for Byrd.

[DaiHuy]

Well now would be a good time for Trent Lott to bring up some righteous indignation about what Reid said and start calling for his resignation as Senate Minority Leader.

[reallygone]

If a former KKK member is not "extreme", then Bush should have not problem appointing just about anyone! :-)

[roylene]

You know, who gives a rat's ass who Reid endorses. When he is president he can nominate Erik Cartman for all I care. These people lost the election and have no say, except to vote up or down for a nomination.