Good quote from Instapundit. Yet the Court shouldn’t talk about following a “national consensus” on an issue on which in 1997 only 31% of the American public agreed with the Court and 65% of the public opposed the Court’s view. The justices should admit that they follow ELITE opinion, not the views and morality of… Continue reading Supreme Court Child Rape Decision
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Approval Ratings
Interesting to see a poll reported on the Supreme court. So we now have approval ratings for all three branches: President (via Fox) 28.3% Congress (via Fox) 18.5% Supreme Court: 26% That’s right: Bush has the highest ratings of the three branches of government.
No suspension of Habeas Corpus
From Patterico, a post on Justice Scalia’s dissent in the recent Guantanamo detainees case. But here is a starting taste, along with the ending paragraph (note how Scalia conspicuously declines to write “I respectfully dissent” as is the usual custom for Justices): “Today, for the first time in our Nation’s history, the Court confers a… Continue reading No suspension of Habeas Corpus
Scalia to Morons: It’s Time You Got Over the Florida Recount
Can’t really go past the JammieWearingFool’s title on this one, or the video. (Sadly can’t embed here) It’s obscene how the story has become how Gore lost due to Bush stealing the election, not how the Supreme Court stopped Gore’s attempt. That’s BDS for you – facts are not required. Snippit from transcript. “I say… Continue reading Scalia to Morons: It’s Time You Got Over the Florida Recount
Scalia not “polarizing figure”
I posted a link to part of this interview earlier. Trouble with falsely painting a guy as the devil incarnate is that that is easily proven false. I bet a lot of lefties are re-examining their sources after seeing in his interview just how much of a nice guy he really is. In her two-part… Continue reading Scalia not “polarizing figure”
Supreme Court: Well, of course ID is needed to vote
As predicted, the Supreme Court threw out the ridiculous case against the law that requires voters to present photo IDs when voting. Duh. Can’t agree more with this one. “Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. concurred in the judgment of the court, but went further in rejecting the plaintiffs’ challenge. In… Continue reading Supreme Court: Well, of course ID is needed to vote