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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:21 PM Original message |
Scalia Dismisses 'Living Constitution' |
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prole_for_peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. egomaniacs refer to themselves in the third person. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. So do people who know they are frauds |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Maybe he just saw The Jimmy episode |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. LOL! Is that the one where Elaine goes on a date with the wrong guy |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. "Jimmy likes you" |
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FooFootheSnoo (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I thought of the Jimmy episode too! |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. So where does it say states(Fla) can't decide for themselves |
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mim (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 09:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Bob Dole did it too |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not a living document--one they're trying to KILL! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. LOL! It's on life support and they want to remove the feeding tube!! |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Name calling ("idiots") seems so beneath a SCOTUS judge. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. Can't have open discussion in a free society ?? WTF ?? |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
52. I say we impeach that bastard, too. After all, he's BFEE |
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Surya Gayatri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, there was the small matter of the 18th |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't think he's talking about amendments |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. So when they are referring to the Original Constitution do the dancing |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. They mean original wording and intent of whatever part they are using |
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tn-guy (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. An contemporary example... |
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mim (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 09:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. That was the weirdest SCOTUS decision in my lifetime, at least |
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tn-guy (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #37 |
51. Not weird at all |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. I wonder how his original intent |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
70. I'm always amazed at some of the contortions they use |
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dogfacedboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Do you mean when they |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. "originalism" is a made up "philosophy" |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. So the 13th amendment was illegitimate |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. No the "Strict Constructionist" interpretation |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Which means that justices on SCOTUS |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 08:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. It's already begun |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. No I don't agree with you there |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 07:37 AM Response to Reply #60 |
67. It's not that I don't understand the issue |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. There's no such thing as a "strict constructionist" |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. my my calling people idiots. tsk tsk |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. When Fat Tony says "they're looking for rigidity..." |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. Confused. Is he talking about himself in the third person? |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. Or: Scalia declares Constitution "Dead" |
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fshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. This guy is one hair of |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. Scalia "I'm told by my father, Satan, that Republicans are pure evil" |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. I thought that kind of thinking was "judicial activism" |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. Cheney's shooting accident |
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antonialee839 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 08:24 AM Response to Reply #27 |
46. You took the words right out of my mouth. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. Puerto Rico in February, eh?? How junket-y |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
29. The Constitution says you need a warrant to spy on Americans. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. Holy Christ. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 10:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. You are not alone. |
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Alexodin (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. Passive resistance is the most powerful weapon on earth |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. All MEN are created Equal |
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dogfacedboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 09:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
50. Back in the day, 'men' meant white, land-owning males over 21 years of age |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
55. That's the best hole in his vision I think. Not only MEN but MEN WITH |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
62. exactly how the Canadian "living tree" constitutional doctrine ... |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. Maybe he is a Rickey Henderson fan |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
36. I guess it's bye-bye to those pesky Amendments, isn't it? |
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mim (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I suppose amendments don't count |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. The Fourteenth Amednment |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 08:15 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Which Amendments do you want to obey? |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. He's not referring to Amendments. nt |
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mim (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
39. Anyone want a notorious example of originalism? |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. Well that was cancelled by the |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
41. Clarence likes da massa |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
42. He's a sophist and a liar to boot. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. yo, Tony.... |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
47. Commentary from Lemony Snicket. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
53. Well he's not referring to the Amendments. He's talking about using |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
56. Thinkingwoman dismisses Scalia |
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JudyM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
61. Originalism didn't prevent him from denying Floridians their vote in Bush |
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tn-guy (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Correcting some errors |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 07:52 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. I would like to correct tn-guy |
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tn-guy (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. correcting an incorrect correction |
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slide to the left (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
63. he doesn't like it because |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
65. .. in order to form a more perfect union .. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
66. I guess it's Scalia that's the idiot |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
69. The pray tell Mr Justice Scalia.. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
71. Maybe it's time for Scalia to go hunting with his buddy again? |
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