THE WEEK

Louis Farrakhan was in Indian country the other day, visiting a group of Navahos who had been displaced by a Hopi territorial claim. When the Windy City windbag drove up to the Navahos’ settlement in his shiny new Mercedes, he asked the Indians if there was anything he could do to help them. One of them replied, “You can start by giving us your car.” Call it Mau-Mauing the Mullah.

Is the Left finally getting the message about judicial activism? An editorial in the August Progressive says it all: “Reliance on the courts was a shortcut that is finally catching up with us. Rather than hash out tough political fights in the legislatures, city halls, and town councils across the country, activists went directly to the courts to redress grievances. . . . Now that the benches have gone conservative, filing a law suit may be the last form of action we should take.” Good start, gang. Now let’s get on with the Rehnquist confirmation.

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Louis Farrakhan was in Indian country the other day, visiting a group of Navahos who had been displaced by a Hopi territorial claim. When the Windy City windbag drove up to the Navahos’ settlement in his shiny new Mercedes, he asked the Indians if there was anything he could do to help them. One of them replied, “You can start by giving us your car.” Call it Mau-Mauing the Mullah.

Is the Left finally getting the message about judicial activism? An editorial in the August Progressive says it all: “Reliance on the courts was a shortcut that is finally catching up with us. Rather than hash out tough political fights in the legislatures, city halls, and town councils across the country, activists went directly to the courts to redress grievances. . . . Now that the benches have gone conservative, filing a law suit may be the last form of action we should take.” Good start, gang. Now let’s get on with the Rehnquist confirmation.