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« on: April 22, 2015, 07:04:03 PM »

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/300925851.html

"One case stemmed from a fatal traffic accident on Interstate 10 in Phoenix in which a car passed through a safety barrier into oncoming traffic. The plaintiff, Marlene June, represents the child of one of two people killed in the crash. June claimed that the Federal Highway Administration made her wait more than two years before she was allowed to depose officials and uncover evidence that the barrier had failed a crash test. By then, the two-year deadline for filing an administrative claim had passed."

So according to the position of Alito et. al, the government can commit a suable offense against a citizen, hide the evidence until after the statute of limitations has passed, and then use those same statute of limitations to protect itself against legal redress.

What I like about this case is that there isn't any ideological policy involved here. It's not about the ACA or the EPA or anything else that the political parties have taken stances on that might muddle one's positions. It's pure contest of a citizen's right versus the government's right.
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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2015, 07:15:47 PM »

So the conservatives essentially said that it's OK for the government to intentionally deceive and mislead its citizens in order to avoid being held accountable.
Nice.
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2015, 07:46:09 PM »
« Edited: April 23, 2015, 12:10:49 PM by shua »

So the conservatives essentially said that it's OK for the government to intentionally deceive and mislead its citizens in order to avoid being held accountable.
Nice.

They said that Congress wrote the law in such a way that that is the case, yes. 

It's an interesting comparison with the King v Burwell case. Here the Administration was arguing for the strict textual approach the conservative justices agreed with; in King v Burwell the Administration argued the opposite way.
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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2015, 04:05:28 AM »

Conservatives usually just pick the wrong side of every issue whether it's small government or big government. When it comes to abortion, civil liberties, the military, and the NSA, they side with big government,
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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2015, 04:42:18 AM »

Conservatives usually just pick the wrong side of every issue whether it's small government or big government. When it comes to abortion, civil liberties, the military, and the NSA, they side with big government,

That's protecting traditional values and keeping the country safe from terrorism.

Those are practically the only reasons to even have a government.
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