I know it was 5-4, but who?

[SHRED]

Which SC Justices voted how?

Thanks

[kenny blankenship]

1. The 5 were the usual suspects

Scalia Alito Roberts Thomas and Kennedy for corporate fascism.
Which leaves Breyer, Ginsberg, Stevens, and Sotomayor for democracy.

[Arkana]

2. Who do you think?

AYE: Kennedy, Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, Alito
NAY: Sotomayor, Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer

[backscatter712]

3. Three guesses and the first two don't count.

Seriously, this vote was extremely predictable. Which justices are liberal and take the Constitution seriously, and which justices are right-wing assclowns?

[kenny blankenship]

10. I know -SO-predictable, I could name them from memory

Republican nominated "justices" vs Democratic ones, with the exception of Stevens who was nominated by Gerald Ford but who is now the most liberal. (thanks a lot, Clinton)

[muffin1]

27. You've got it ALL wrong!

We're the ones with the activist judges, remember? Silly you.:)

[blondeatlast]

29. Yup, when I heard the 5-4, I knew right away. nt

[FrenchieCat]

4. Vote roll call....

Supreme Court Judges who voted to give free hand to big corporation to purchase
the next elections, since they can't do anymore Bush vs. Gores are:

Justice Alito (nominated by Bush)
Justice Roberts (nominated by Bush)
Justice Thomas (nominated by Bush)
Justice Scalia (nominated by Reagan)
Justice Kennedy (nominated by Reagan)



Supreme Court Justices who voted AGAINST giving free hand to big corporation to purchase
the next elections:

Justice Sotomayor (nominated by Obama)
Justice Ginsburg (nominated by Clinton)
Justice Breyer (nominated by Clinton)
Justine Stevens (nominated by Ford before partisanship started running amok)



Still on the court and voted "for" Bush vs. Gore

Justice Thomas (nominated by Bush)
Justice Scalia (nominated by Reagan)
Justice Kennedy (nominated by Reagan)

[FailureToCommunicate]

32. And here are the DINOs that voted for THOSE guys (from another thread):

Who voted for Roberts and Alito?

Democrats voting Yes:
Baucus (MT)

Bingaman (NM)

Byrd (WV)

Conrad (ND)

Dodd (CT)

Dorgan (ND)

Feingold (WI)

Johnson (SD)

Kohl (WI)

Landrieu (LA)

Leahy (VT)

Levin (MI)

Lieberman (CT)

Lincoln (AR)

Murray (WA)

Nelson, Ben (NE)

Nelson, Bill (FL)

Pryor (AR)

Rockefeller (WV)

Salazar (CO)

Wyden (OR)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Alito sworn in as nation's 110th Supreme Court justice

Senate confirms nominee 58-42 after filibuster fails

snip...

The four Democrats who broke party ranks and voted for Alito are Sens. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Tim Johnson of South Dakota, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Kent Conrad of North Dakota. All four of the states represented by the senators were carried by Bush in both 2000 and 2004.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/alito/
"TERRORISM, 1. t

[bemildred]

5. Felonious Five, Version 2.0 nt

[Pirate Smile]

6. It is the normal RW v. LW split. For - Roberts, Alito, Scalia, Thomas and (swing vote) Kennedy.

Against - Stevens, Ginsberg, Sotomyer, Breyer.

[Blasphemer]

7. The Gang of 5 remains in place though a couple of names have changed

Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy, Alito, Roberts vs. Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Stevens, Breyer.

I found you a link but you don't even need an article to figure out how the current SCOTUS will vote on issues like this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100121/ts_csm/275190_1

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

8. But I'm sure Obama will appoint the same type of SC Justices as GWB.

Since they're exactly the same and all.

[MadMaddie]

17. His first pick Sotomoyer was on the dissenting side of this

decision.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

24. I'm pretty sure that she/he was being sarcastic.

[ChicagoSuz219]

26. If you seriously don't know whether Judge Sotomayer...

...is a man or a woman, then you don't have enough information to have an opinion.

[LeftishBrit]

28. I think Jesus-of-Suburbia was uncertain of Mayberry Machiavelli's gender...

not Sotomayor's.

[MadMaddie]

34. You are probably right...

[blondeatlast]

30. I"m gonna hold off on the "I told you sos." For now. But the first time

I see the "no difference' crowd, I'm all over this.

[Duer 157099]

9. I have tried so many times before to understand their position

I try, I really do try, to understand the perspectives of those I disagree with, because I know that oftentimes, there are reasonable explanations.

But I just cannot understand what these 5 traitors think. The only conclusion I can come to is that they are an alien life form of some kind, or their brains have been invaded by another life form (microbial even; doesn't have to be alien).

There's nothing more frustrating than trying but not being able to see the other perspective.

That said, does anyone here understand what they were thinking? I mean, aside from the obvious (greed).

[MUAD_DIB]

12. Have you though about power and overall corruption?

:shrug:

I mean that fits pretty well with their decision.

[NoSheep]

21. Scum on a power-buzz.

[Duer 157099]

22. Sounds like something used to clean the bathtub

Perhaps apropos

[MUAD_DIB]

11. Fat Tony, Quiet Thomas, Sam the sham, Wiley Roberts and the Wrinkles Kennedy.

Also known as the Supremos.

[Duer 157099]

13. The Unholy Quints, the Supreme Borg n/t

[Libertas1776]

14. Tell 'em Captain Renault...

"Round up the usual suspects."

[backscatter712]

18. Conservative "justices" subverting democracy?

[Libertas1776]

19. +1

[backscatter712]

20. Where's my winnings? n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

15. The judicial system has been cheapened to where these momentous

decisions are made on a purely idealogical partisan political basis. Later on when some of these hacks are dead they'll
probably get a chance to overturn it.

[MadMaddie]

16. And don't forget Thomas doesn't think for himself, rarely

utters a word on the bench. He votes like his puppet master Alito tells him how to vote.

Sotomoyer has asked more questions in her short time on the bench than he has his entire carear on the Supreme Court. He has done exactly what daddy * wanted him to....

[valerief]

23. The ones who should be, ahem, immediately retired the way Lyndon Johnson would have done it. nt

[Blue_In_AK]

25. K-RATS

Kennedy, Roberts, Alito, Thomas, and Scalia. (A good mnemonic device suggested by Shannyn Moore).

[Jennicut]

31. The evil, disgusting gang of 5 proves without a doubt that we must always vote for the Dem

NO MATTER WHAT.
Throwing away your vote has consequences. I can be pissed at Obama all I want to be and still vote for him in 2012 because it is that important.

[FailureToCommunicate]

33. Dems schmems -see post # 32 above...