# Rehnquist is dead. Let the scretching begin.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rehnquist-is-dead-let-the-scretching-begin/319982>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 4, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rehnquist-is-dead-let-the-scretching-begin/319982 "2005-09-04T02:59:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rehnquist-is-dead-let-the-scretching-begin/319982/61 "2005-09-06T01:33:23Z")

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> [@Reepicheep](#):
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> None other than our favorite pitee, Fred Phelps, is also doing the scretching. Fred and crew are planning on protesting Chief Justice Rehnquist’s funeral. Sorry I can’t link, but I am at work and the WBC site is on our no-no list.

Like that even means anything anymore. Phelps and his ilk have protested so many funerals that he’s as much a part of funeral planning as a hole in the ground.

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