And Then There Were Eight
Since it is the height of bad manners to speak ill of the dead, I won’t get into which Supreme Court Justice just died because all of the comments that come to mind are unkind, although factually true.
OTOH, the tradition, Supreme Court Justices aren’t appointed in Presidential election years, claimed to exist by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, Chuck Grassley is not supported by reality:
Kennedy 1988
Rehnquist 1972
Powell 1972
Brennan 1956
Murphy 1940
Cardoza 1932
Clarke 1916
Brandeis 1916
Pitney 1912
Update: The President announced he is going to make a nomination in due course as is his Constitutional duty.
February 13, 2016 17 Comments
Yukon Quest 2016 – Day 8
Tony Angelo is the last team on the trail to Dawson. Ten teams have already left Dawson and ten are still resting there. Carmacks and Whitehorse are already in the 20s this morning which is warm for sleddogs.
Allen has about a hour lead on Brent which is not significant at this point in the race.
The Current Standings at 9:00PM CST (7:00PM PST):
Beyond Pelly Crossing
1 Hugh Neff (22)
2 Brent Sass (9)
3 Allen Moore (4)
At Pelly Crossing
4 Matt Hall (15)
Beyond Dawson
5 Ed Hopkins (3)
6 Torsten Kohnert (12)
7 Tom Frode Johansen (19)R
8 Yuka Honda (6)
9 Seth Barnes (17)R
10 Mike Ellis (2)
11 Dave Dalton (8)
12 Laura Neese (1)R
13 Andrew Pace (18)R
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