Sparky, I haven't read Scalia's yet. I really enjoy Roberts because even when he holds positions I disagree with, I like the force of his thinking.
Mal: Gotta say, doctor, your talent for alienatin' folk is near miraculous. Simon: Yes, I'm very proud.
'Safe'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Jun 26, 2015 5:53:10 am PDT #29682 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
billytea - Jun 26, 2015 5:53:32 am PDT #29683 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
How much self-control do you think it took for Ginsberg not to write a separate opinion simply reading "Ha ha u mad"?
-t - Jun 26, 2015 5:53:55 am PDT #29684 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yup. Legal acceptance often precedes true acceptance, at least in the US.
-t - Jun 26, 2015 5:54:51 am PDT #29685 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
How much self-control do you think it took for Ginsberg not to write a separate opinion simply reading "Ha ha u mad"?
I want this so bad now.
Steph L. - Jun 26, 2015 5:55:38 am PDT #29686 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
How much self-control do you think it took for Ginsberg not to write a separate opinion simply reading "Ha ha u mad"?
Headcanon accepted.
Kat - Jun 26, 2015 5:58:04 am PDT #29687 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
In reading Scalia's dissent, I just want to shake him.
Today’s decree says that my Ruler, and the Ruler of 320 million Americans coast-to-coast, is a majority of the nine lawyers on the Supreme Court.
Oh that wasn't true when the Supreme Court seated a President who wasn't elected in Bush v. Gore?
Steph L. - Jun 26, 2015 6:00:05 am PDT #29688 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Today’s decree says that my Ruler, and the Ruler of 320 million Americans coast-to-coast, is a majority of the nine lawyers on the Supreme Court.
Man, fuck that guy.
Kat - Jun 26, 2015 6:00:53 am PDT #29689 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
More Scalia:
Judges are selected precisely for their skill as lawyers; whether they reflect the policy views of a particular constituency is not (or should not be) relevant.
Good thing he put that parenthetical in. Does he really think Thomas was selected for his skill as a lawyer and not his policy stances? Or that he was?
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 26, 2015 6:01:58 am PDT #29690 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh well, Scalia, if the American people can't live with the horror of gay marriage they can always pass a Constitutional Amendment to overturn the decision.
Oh wait, they can't, because only 13 states of the needed 38 have enough anti-gay sentiment to actually pass laws banning SSM. Too bad, so sad.
Kat - Jun 26, 2015 6:03:59 am PDT #29691 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
More more scalia:
The opinion is couched in a style that is as pretentious as its content is egotistic. It is one thing for separate concurring or dissenting opinions to contain extravagances, even silly extravagances, of thought and expression; it is something else for the official opinion of the Court to do so.
So his calling it a Putsch is fine because it's a dissent? But Kagan's Spidey references (she had the majority right?) were egotistic? Man, I wish some logic fairy would punch Scalia in the crotch.