Scalia used to make more sense, didn't he? Like, twenty years ago? I feel like I disagreed with him most of the time but he was at least consistent in his logic.
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
-t - Jun 26, 2015 6:06:34 am PDT #29694 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Kat - Jun 26, 2015 6:08:34 am PDT #29695 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
" I am being treated like this horrible mean intolerant person"
What? People think you are a big meanie? Sadly if what people thought of us (even if they didn't express it) was the basis of what should be legal or illegal, then Miss Manners and Emily Post would be on the Supreme Court instead.
Connie Neil - Jun 26, 2015 6:12:12 am PDT #29696 of 30000
brillig
Miss Manners and Emily Post would be on the Supreme Court instead.
t basking in the fantasy of Miss Manners and her clear logic and deceptively sharp tongue handing down legal rulings and responding to Scalia
Connie Neil - Jun 26, 2015 6:18:04 am PDT #29697 of 30000
brillig
Well, as wonderful as it is to update reactions, I need to run some errands before the hellmouth fully opens for the day.
meara - Jun 26, 2015 6:18:59 am PDT #29698 of 30000
Man, Scalia is such a grump. It's almost entertaining to read except he's so wrong it hurts.
And yeah, Supreme Court is not exactly forefront of this battle--it's not like they made this decision 20 years ago when no states had legalized and public opinion majority wasn't for it. That would be pushing on the people (not that it would've been wrong but whatever). Now? Please.
Kat - Jun 26, 2015 6:19:36 am PDT #29699 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
What confounds is that Scalia and Roberts both talk about letting democracy and legislating take their course. And yet, they struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act which was a legislative victory for inclusive democracy.
pfft.
DavidS - Jun 26, 2015 6:23:08 am PDT #29700 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
people who oppose SSM will be branded bigots,
Because they are bigots! Sorry, Tep's Aunt.
::heats up branding iron::
Own it.
Ginger - Jun 26, 2015 6:25:53 am PDT #29701 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Fulton County just announced a mass wedding ceremony at 1 today at the government center in downtown Atlanta. I feel like I should be taking flowers or something, but I have a !@#$% medical appointment that had to be rescheduled to today because of incompetence.
Also, people have already been gay married today in Georgia and the sky hasn't fallen.
Steph L. - Jun 26, 2015 6:25:56 am PDT #29702 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Because they are bigots! Sorry, Tep's Aunt.
Naw, man, she's totally a bigot, hiding behind the Bible.
meara - Jun 26, 2015 6:25:58 am PDT #29703 of 30000
Oh, also: anyone who knows how involved clerks are in writing the decisions? Because I suddenly had this image of various clerks running around with thesauruses going "ooh! How about 'jiggery-pokery'?!? That sounds like something he'd use right?"