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minionofmidas
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« on: June 26, 2008, 10:01:35 AM »
Just noticed that.
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2008, 07:30:18 AM »
Quote from: Sam Spade on June 27, 2008, 07:00:01 AM
If I were a real Democrat (you know, instead of a registered one), I would be quite happy with this ruling.  Why?  Because the effect on the Prez election (not to mention downballot races) should the Court have ruled otherwise would have been quite major.
Probably true...
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2008, 07:31:17 AM »
Quote from: Hantytown on June 26, 2008, 01:33:39 PM
Quote from: opebo on June 26, 2008, 12:36:08 PM
Quote from: South Park Conservative on June 26, 2008, 11:52:28 AM
Funny how Scalia can be so constitutionally wrong one week (Gitmo) and be constitutionally right the next (gun rights).
Correct. The point is that he is a Republican Justice, not an Originalist Justice. He taught himself today the value of the constitution being read in a reasonable fashion. Then again, he read between the lines in Bush v. Gore and of course, Scalia has his own Substantive Due Process test that allows for constitutional protection of all things that America has a "traditional" history of protection.
...and half of this decision was based on that alone.
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