Broken Hallelujah

Strung-Out Justice?
For the nine years between 1972 and the end of 1981, William Rehnquist consumed great quantities of the potent sedative-hypnotic Placidyl. So great was Rehnquist's Placidyl habit, dependency, or addiction—depending on how you regard long-term drug use—that by the last quarter of 1981 he began slurring his speech in public, became tongue-tied while pronouncing long words, and sometimes had trouble finishing his thoughts.

Rehnquist on stumbling biscuits? Joo-joo beans? I'm stunned. I remember Placidyls were rampant in the late 1970's. Think Quaaludes X's 2. Such a potent drug that many dedicated drug addicts either avoided it or experimented only casually with it. How in the hell do you run the Supreme Court while you're babbling and stumbling all over the place, when I couldn't find my ass with both hands? More...

Spin doctors finally arrive in New Orleans.