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.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
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
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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.