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  • Supreme Court message to Sotomayor

    The firemens' case is now closed, Promotional test's reimposed; The High Court's recision Of this one decision Tells Sotomayor she'll get hosed. News Short n' Sweet by JFD8 http://twitter.com/JFD8
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by JD8 on June 29, 2009

  • Great Review of Some Important Books . . .

    . . . BOOKS which I think all Americans need to read and consider: Making Government Work, by Fritz Hollings Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values, by Phillipe Sands The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals (Hardcover), by Jane Mayer. Terrorism and Democracy ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard1 on July 28, 2008

  • Government abuse of power

    South Dakotas law relating to doctor patient communication and abortion: This is just another method for people using and abusing government power. They attempt to control others and legislate morality by forcing their beliefs (usually based on their religion) upon all of society. Their goal is to limit freedom and force conformity with their ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by den99md on July 4, 2008

  • I thought it was...

    ''when you ain't got nothin', you ain't got nothin' to lose.'' That's the way I sing it, anyhow. What, Roberts didn't want people to be able to search Supreme Court opinions for the word ''ain't'' and come up with his opinions?
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by jibeaux on June 23, 2008

  • Inconsistent view of Roberts

    Two claims, in one paragraph, are inconsistent: Justice Alito was never seriously believed to be more conservative or even more overtly conservative than John Robertsand John Roberts [was] still widely, if wrongly, billed at that time as a temperate bridge-builder
    Posted to Jurisprudence by srdiamond on February 8, 2008

  • The First Amendment

    While an independent judiciary is a nice convenience, it is not the sole or even the necessary protection of the First Amendment. The real protection for the First Amendment is the people, as voters and as citizens and if necessary as activists. If we elect representatives and presidents who respect our liberties, we will not need an independent ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by Breadbaker on September 20, 2007

  • So what's the solution?

    Wow, degsme. Thanks for the great posts. So, what's the plan? How do we solve this? (I hope I wasn't the one who name called, for goodness sake, we haven't stooped that low, have we?) On many of these issues we are just in disagreement. I will always think my grandparents worked in a diverse environment in Eastern Washington because as a city ...
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by Kristine on July 15, 2007

  • The Seattle Problem

    I think Mr.Dellinger doesn't understand the issue in Seattle when he chides Chief Justice Roberts for comparing historic racism in the South to the SSD's policies. Of course, they are radically different. And no white person in Seattle would ever say that their experiences over the past 3-4 decades could ever equate to those of an African American ...
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by Kristine on July 1, 2007

  • Thank you for the discussion

    I'd especially like to thank Walter for his exceptionally moving reflections before and after the schools case came down on the real life meanings of segregation and racial difference in this society--truly America's original sin passed down from generation to generation (and thanks for the Charlie Black quote!). I'm not generally such a great ...
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by The Wise Bard on June 29, 2007

  • Academics and realists

    I wouldn't call the Roberts-Alito-Scalia-Thomas axis of the Supreme Court ''mean,'' although that's a fair description of the result when they apply their theories to the Constitution. The term I'd probably use is ''academic.'' I know, that word usually is reserved for pointy-head liberal intellectuals, but it's really an apt description of how ...
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by randy-khan on June 27, 2007