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Visit the DU Bookstore!    Held Up at the Pearly Gates March 24,
2001 By Art Bushwald  Held Up At The Pearly Gates  The Five
Supremes all mysteriously left this world at the same time and
found themselves standing together in front of what looked like
the gates of Heaven.  "Wow!" exclaimed Rehnquist to someone who
resembled Saint Peter, "We actually made it to the Pearly Gates!
May we come in?"  "Just hang on a minute," said the gatekeeper.
"We're still counting the votes."  "You're counting votes?"
exclaimed Scalia in astonishment. "You mean Heaven is a
democracy?"  "Well, we're more like a republic than a
democracy," replied the gatekeeper, "but I won't bore you with
explanations about the trivial differences. Let's just say that
sometimes we vote on things here. And speaking of voting, the
final tallies are coming in. OK, it's official -- 51 million
residents want you to come on i