Souter is still out promoting liberalism, but at least he's off the court. Not that Sotomayor is any better. Full article at link which also contains a link to Dr. Uhlmann's article, which while old is still very relevant and excellent
To: ConservativeJen
Equality, or at least the concept of it, is the most dangerous of vices. At its heart is jealousy. Just as you'll never be able to rid the world of jealousy, you'll never be able to have equality. Something will always be different, whether it's the ability to think, or the ability to create things that no one else can. The inherent problem with equality is enforcing it, particularly on an ideological level. Most pols seeking equality have a horrible track record of inflicting pain, suffering, and death in the pursuit of noble equality.
2 posted on
06/02/2010 2:25:40 AM PDT by
Renderofveils
(My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
To: ConservativeJen
"...in fact Benjamin Franklin said any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." Fake quote. His actual words were, "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
3 posted on
06/02/2010 2:49:24 AM PDT by
Mojave
(Ignorant and stoned - Obama's natural constituency.)
To: ConservativeJen
If our courts do not respect the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land, why should anyone respect their decisions?
Will we roll over when Scotus, by 5-4 finds National Socialist Healthcare to be Constitutional?
4 posted on
06/02/2010 2:51:51 AM PDT by
Jacquerie
(We live in a judicial tyranny - Mark Levin)
To: ConservativeJen
Aristotle:
“The citizens begin by giving up some part of the constitution, and so with greater ease the government changes something else which is a little more important, until they have undermined the whole fabric of the state.”
At least we have history on our side.
5 posted on
06/02/2010 3:01:50 AM PDT by
Jacquerie
(Great Nations are born Stoic and die Epicurean.)
To: ConservativeJen
We now live in a color coded anti-white male feminized society that has been rubber stamped by the Supreme Disappointment. A Constitution not followed is worse than no Constitution at all. This state of affairs breeds contempt for the government in the intelligent, and a sentimental belief in the phony protections it was supposed to have in the weak minded. As such, the Constitution now provides a fig leaf for the naked aggression of the socialist statist agenda.
6 posted on
06/02/2010 3:24:59 AM PDT by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
To: ConservativeJen
The court has to decide which of our approved desires has the better claim, right here, right now, and a court has to do more than read fairly when it makes this kind of choice." Desires? Read fairly? Choice?
How about abiding by the Constitution for a change? This is absolutely sickening!
7 posted on
06/02/2010 3:28:47 AM PDT by
Just Lori
(To take our country back, we need to take our party back. NO MORE RINOS!!)
To: ConservativeJen
"We want order and security, and we want liberty. And we want not only liberty but equality as well. These paired desires of ours can clash, and when they do a court is forced to choose between them, between one constitutional good and another one. The court has to decide which of our approved desires has the better claim, right here, right now, and a court has to do more than read fairly when it makes this kind of choice." But, Justice Souter, you forgot to add that we want protection of property and the advancement of capitalism. So that when striving for equality interfere with the enjoyment of property or when it interferes with profit, equality should be put aside, right?
No? Why not? You mean you put some values with which you interpret the Constitution higher than others? Well then, there is no Constitution, is there?
9 posted on
06/02/2010 4:49:40 AM PDT by
nathanbedford
("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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