BuzzFlash March GOP Madness Race to the Bottom, Game 5: DeLay v. SCOTUS Federalist Foursome

Welcome to Round One, Game Five of BuzzFlash's Republican Race to the Bottom. Here's how to play: Vote for the worse of the two contenders on the left. Vote by marking the circle next to the contender you dislike more, and click "Vote." A winner will be declared at midnight tonight. (If you can't see the poll, please upgrade to Internet Explorer 8, or try Firefox.)

The winner will advance to the next round of the Sour Sixteen, with a chance to become this year's worst conservative. Click here for more about the Race to the Bottom. Click here to see the full bracket, which you can fill out to play along at home.

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Tom "The Hammer" DeLay

DeLay is your classic enforcer. His strategy when he was team captain in the House was all sharp elbows and aggressive offense, leaving subtleties such as playing by the rules to some other sap who's definitely on the other team. The Hammer, aka the Exterminator, has had his bouts with the refs over the years, yet friendly reporters still insist on helping him to claw his way back into the latest game.

Renowned as a team builder, but also as a trash talker, he'd sacrifice his own mother (or Terri Schiavo's dignity) to win the game. He even redraws the lines on the court to favor his sorry side.

SCOTUS "Federalist Foursome": Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia

The four most dangerous names in "justice" have an evil common bond: Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia. Some know them as RATS (acronym for the four). We label them as the SCOTUS Federalist Foursome.

Overturning common sense urban gun laws. Ruling for companies over individuals. Crying about activist judges when these four truly are the activists, tearing down what made this country great.

While there may be four musketeers instead of three, when these men get together, nasty fouls are the least of your problems. Their motto clearly isn't "All for one and one for all," more like "All for the corporations and none for individuals."

Scalia may not be Chief Justice, he is the Tom DeLay of the Court to Roberts' Dennis Hastert. His hostility toward being recorded in any way shape or form is an insult to true American justice. The Scalia-Cheney hunting trips alone showed an arrogance for separation. Then again, recusing isn't in his nature. Both Scalia and Thomas had huge conflicts of interest in Bush v. Gore, yet both of them stayed on the case.

They don't have the limelight, and many Americans couldn't name them even with a picture in front of them. But their evil slimes over all of the population, those who get thwarted and look to the people in the black robes for a sense of fair play and common sense -– especially the Lily Ledbetters of the world. And when these people come to the SCOTUS Federalist Foursome for justice, they will be denied -- much like a blocked basketball shot -- as long as their reign of terror lives on.

Summary of last week's results in Round 1.