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AGBF|1467055598|4048899 said:I saw this, too, Monnie. It seems that, despite the ruling that ended up going against President Obama on immigration, the Court is tending to lean left without replacing Justice Scalia. Of course it serves the Republicans right for ignoring their Constituional duty to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, but I would rather have an intact Supreme Court.
AGBF
packrat|1467059332|4048930 said:I thought that was already the way it was-had no idea it wasn't. Maybe it was just an Iowa thing.
monarch64|1467059455|4048933 said:packrat|1467059332|4048930 said:I thought that was already the way it was-had no idea it wasn't. Maybe it was just an Iowa thing.
Shhhh! Don't let people know you don't know everything there is to know about everything! Gah!
I about fell off of my ball yesterday not only over the first one, but THIS ONE. Scalia even went in favor. SCALIA. I slow clapped my hands raw. I don't get why it's only a misdemeanor, but it's better than nothing.monarch64|1467058614|4048920 said:
missy|1467113340|4049132 said:Thank goodness for rational thinking for once.
OMG what we women have to go through to just have the right to do with our own bodies as we please. Darn all the people who think they should have control over our reproductive rights. Makes me so angry!!!!!
redwood66|1467229808|4049801 said:While not SCOTUS, this comment this week makes me cringe beyond measure.
Seventh Circuit Court Judge Richard Posner: "I see absolutely no value to a judge of spending decades, years, months, weeks, day, hours, minutes, or seconds studying the Constitution, the history of its enactment, its amendments, and its implementation. Eighteenth-century guys, however smart, could not foresee the culture, technology, etc., of the 21st century. ... Which means that the original Constitution, the Bill of Rights ... do not speak to today."
AGBF|1467233013|4049823 said:redwood66|1467229808|4049801 said:While not SCOTUS, this comment this week makes me cringe beyond measure.
Seventh Circuit Court Judge Richard Posner: "I see absolutely no value to a judge of spending decades, years, months, weeks, day, hours, minutes, or seconds studying the Constitution, the history of its enactment, its amendments, and its implementation. Eighteenth-century guys, however smart, could not foresee the culture, technology, etc., of the 21st century. ... Which means that the original Constitution, the Bill of Rights ... do not speak to today."
Was he talking about assault rifles or other high tech long guns (this is for the benefit of Packrat and other purists)? I cannot imagine any other reason why anyone would say such a thing. It is clearly imbecilic.
Deb