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In reply to the discussion: Scalia’s major screw-up: How SCOTUS just gave liberals a huge gift [View all]former9thward
(32,028 posts)44. It is extremely narrow.
Last edited Tue Jul 15, 2014, 09:42 AM - Edit history (1)
A previous SC ruling said 8 feet was ok. This decision said that under the factual circumstances existing 35 feet was not ok. You can't get more narrow than that.
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They also said that their decision in Bush v Gore only applied to that case
truebluegreen
Jul 2014
#4
The NAACP cited it in CA as early as 2003, there was another case in Ohio after the '04 election.
truebluegreen
Jul 2014
#33
sure they do - and scotus couldn't do away with that if they had any integrity
samsingh
Jul 2014
#49
^^^This exactly. It might not win, it might not even be heard by them (which is what I would
Squinch
Jul 2014
#11
Your first point is exactly right. This is why attempting to make some sort of liberal hay out of
enough
Jul 2014
#6
Yes, only conservative religions, like Catholics and Evangelicals need apply.
LuvNewcastle
Jul 2014
#7
Thus denying the rest of us our religious freedom. My church does not forbid birth control of any
jwirr
Jul 2014
#24
So since it is only about Birth control, & it is true that their Catholic Faith instructed them to
truedelphi
Jul 2014
#42
And as soon as they dare to use it as precedent for something other, the dike is gone.
DetlefK
Jul 2014
#8
Those narrow parameters were then immediately tossed out the window by conservatives
Squinch
Jul 2014
#12
Article is great grist for the mill, but I won't hold my breath waiting for someone
Fla Dem
Jul 2014
#20
Wouldn't that be nice? Sadly, America runs on war. Can't even call it "war" really.
raouldukelives
Jul 2014
#23
Trickle down fascism is right. People that vote for wars are lining their own pockets.
freshwest
Jul 2014
#37