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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGrrrrrrrrrr: George Will: No Measurable Evidence That Bush v. Gore Harmed Prestige of Supreme Court
WILL: It cannot be a good thing going into the fall campaign for the most prestigious federal institution, the Supreme Court, to announce not only that the president's plan was unconstitutional but that it struck at the very fundamentals of the Madisonian architecture of limited government. That can't be a plus to a candidate.
This will be, I think either way, a 5-4 decision. Unlike, say, Brown v. Board of Education--
STEPHANOPOULOS: So you don't buy the argument that Roberts might try to go in the majority?
WILL: I think he'll be in the majority and write the opinion. I assume that will be the case.
But this isn't -- it was terribly important in Brown versus Board of Education having a unanimous court, because you were overturning the mores of a region and changing the thinking of society. This would overturn an unpopular law.
MORAN: But at 5-4, it will be all Republicans against all Democrats if the law goes down, just like it was in Citizens United, just like it was in Bush versus Gore. And the risk for the court is that it begins to be seen by a lot of people as just another political hacks up there who vote their partisan interests. And that hurts the long-term interest of the court.
WILL: There is no measurable evidence that Bush v. Gore, much more consequential decision had an effect on the prestige of the court.
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pennylane100
(3,425 posts)that George Will is not a lying piece of shit.
Chemisse
(30,811 posts)Really, how could you begin to know if prestige had been lost without a measuring tool?
SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)proves him wrong. The fact that he felt the need to defend what the SC did proves it was at least questionable and at worst outright stealing the election.
shcrane71
(1,721 posts)That decision sullied the reputation of American democracy within the minds of America's citizens. No George Will propaganda can change the facts.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)the only thing that is cringe worthy is at one time I thought he was a moderate.
Peregrine Took
(7,413 posts)Those DC pinhead pundits live in a complete bubble of ignorance and haven't a clue as to how the rest of the country feels about anything.
They are beyond pathetic and the media needs to hire new panelists and dump these tired, misinformed old warhorses.
rustydog
(9,186 posts)The Supreme court since Gore v Bush has proven to be what you Repugnants refer to as Activist Judges.
They have compromised their integrity time and time again.
Botany
(70,504 posts).... ruling that the legitimate counting of legal votes cast in an American election
was unconstitutional. That ruling was so bad that Sandra Day O'connor that the
court's decision could not be used in application to any previous or future rulings
by the SCOTUS.
No bush v Gore and we would not have had any Dick Cheney Energy Task Force
that said that deep water drill rigs did not have to have an emergency shut off
acoustical valve.
George Will fully knows these facts but under his public imagine their is a man who used stolen
papers from Jimmy Carter to prep Reagan for his debate w/ Jimmy .... he is scum.
BTW a good friend's wife had some up close and personal time w/ Mr. Will and told me he is a
first class prick.
UTUSN
(70,688 posts)Response to kpete (Original post)
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)... feel the court will decide the ACA case based on politics, not the law.
Shove that up your ass, George.
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)and shove it up his tight wad ass. Cannot stand the tool.
neverforget
(9,436 posts)Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)as long as you completely ignore the overwhelming opinion of the entire free world outside the U.S.