O'Connor: Poisoned Cookies at the Court

An interesting portrait of Sandra Day O'Connor's advocacy for the judiciary now that's shoe off the bench.

Of course, the grabber is the poisoned cookies:

"Every member of the Supreme Court received a wonderful package of home-baked cookies, and I don't know why, the staff decided to analyze them," she recounted. "Each one contained enough poison to kill the entire membership of the court."

Honestly, we're surprised that there hasn't been a more high profile attack on the court, given all the hate mongering on the far right over the inane "activist judges" stuff. The anti- judiciary sentiment will certainly heat up again if Justice Stevens retires and Bush has to send a nominee to a democratic Senate. We're predicting early next year for Steven's retirement, and a Springtime of our discontent for the new nominee.