The U.S. Supreme Court has been dealing with a pretty heavy burden over the past month between the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist and the controversies behind George W. Bush's new appointees.
With the transition of new Chief Justice John Roberts and the looming addition of Harriet Miers, the last thing the Supreme Court should have to deal with is any nonsensical and frivolous lawsuits.
But it's facing one anyway.
Two weeks ago it was declared that former Playboy Playmate and poster girl for insanity Anna Nicole Smith will go before the justices of the Supreme Court to plead her case involving the massive fortune of her late husband, J. Howard Marshall II.
Smith began her quest for immortal foolishness in 1994 when she married Marshall, who was once a Texas oil tycoon. He was 89 and she was 26, not exactly a shining example of a marriage based on love and adoration.
Marshall died - to no one's surprise - two years after the couple married, and Smith began an enduring legal struggle with Marshall's family over his $474 million estate.
After Marshall's death, Smith was initially awarded the entire amount by a bankruptcy judge. Then the sum was reduced to $89 million, and eventually a San Francisco circuit court judge threw out the entire case and gave her absolutely nothing.
That was the best decision, considering the questionable motives behind the marriage.
Smith deserves nothing more than the embarrassment of having a nation laughing at her and living with the thought that she wasted two years of her life parading around trying to convince the world she really loved an 89-year-old man.
Now she's wasting the valuable time of this nation's Supreme Court because she's convinced herself that she deserves money she is not entitled to.
Everyone should be confident that the justices will make the proper decision and not give Smith a single penny and, it should be hoped, condemn her to live with a guilty conscience.
The better decision all-around would be to award her some of the money but not to give it to her directly. The Supreme Court should guarantee her some money but only if she checks herself into a mental institution to receive help she may need.
The woman may not be right in the head, which seems evident by her believing that the precious time of the nation's highest court should be wasted by a has-been model trying to once again convince anyone that she loved Marshall.
The Supreme Court is supposed to make decisions that concern the best interest of the citizens of the United States. The justices are supposed to set a legal standard in this country in order to stop chaos and protect the freedom of citizens.
The Supreme Court should never have to deal with something as lame as a woman's pathetic attempt to steal money from Marshall's family when they are the people who truly loved the man and are entitled to his estate.
When the justices eventually meet to determine the fate of Marshall's millions, their decision should be simple. They should look Smith and her attorney in the eyes and tell them to get lost.
They should tell them to stop wasting their time and everyone else's time.
Above all else, the decision the Supreme Court makes should not be to award her any money but to help instill some common sense into Smith. This case has no business being anywhere near a Supreme Court justice.
It is the Supreme Court's duty to build a sense of legal responsibility in this nation, not to help a woman find some brain cells.
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