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  • Democrats in Congress Failed Us All 8 Years

    The Democrats and Democratic Party failed to stand up for what is right for the entire eight years of the Bush / Cheney White House misrule. They gave away our American two-party system; they gave away majority rule; they gave away our civil rights and bill of rights and civil liberties; they gave away the constitutional authority of the ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard1 on January 30, 2008

  • The last statistic is my point

    Hi Degsme, So first I'll reply to your last post--that 33% of the Seattle residents have arrived in the last 5 years. I think that statistic is exactly my point. And I'd agree that it is probably true from anectodal evidence. Most of the families on my parents' block have moved in since 2002, which funny enough is around the time the ...
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by Kristine on July 24, 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

  • Re: A Marriage and the Slippery Slope

    The flow of logic of the argument is this: 1. Marriage, by its nature and history, is exclusively a binding of men and women. 2. In the U.S.A. (and we are only debating American marriages, since other countries have different morals, customs and contracts, bringing in these marriages would make our discussion unwieldy) a necessary cause, ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by IMKessel on July 4, 2007

  • School desegregation case.

    The Court's opinion (with Justice Kennedy's concurring thoughts on the law) should make anyone worried about the decision to be rest assured that it's not a BAD decision. It is the right one.http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2007/06/as-predicted-5-to-4-u-s-supreme-court.html#links
    Posted to Jurisprudence by KYJurisDoctor on June 29, 2007

  • "Justice" Roberts

    Why such aggrieved surprise? Roberts' pro-business, anti-consumer, anti-environment record was spread out for all to see. Not to mention his arch-conservative views on education and women's rights. Anybody who expected he would undergo a ''road to Damascus'' conversion when he took the bench was listening with wishful ''ears'' to this ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by Hamalkah on June 29, 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

  • When did "authoritarianism" become "conservatism"?

    Emily Bazelon, I love you. I truly love your work and respect your journalism so I am starting my pleading crusade with you. It may seem a silly or superficial crusade to some; to others it may seem a pat argument at first glance; but I disagree wholeheartedly on both counts. Your otherwise wonderful article about the “unexpected” rightward ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by dustino on June 29, 2007

  • Re: Roberts Court: Mean or Crazy

    While I agree that a lack of compassion, or ''feeling for the little guy'' may be a part of what's going on with the Supreme Court, as a liberal, and an attorney, I have a somewhat different take on the Roberts court. Could it be that the Court's recent decisions reflect an underlying collective belief that Congress has to a great extent ...
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by Ruth B. Davis on June 27, 2007