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To: DiogenesLamp

The logical fallacies that you employ to support your position are glaring.
The Roberts Court did not rule on Roe v. Wade. An equivalent ruling would be the Roberts Court’s upholding of the ban on partial birth abortion. Were they right then?
I’m betting that it is possible to name far more majority decisions of the Roberts Court that you agree with and consider “right” decisions than the few that you consider “wrong” decisions.
There is no such thing as 100% correct in any branch of government, never has been, never will be. Humans are fallible.


202 posted on 05/21/2013 8:08:00 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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To: Nero Germanicus
The logical fallacies that you employ to support your position are glaring. The Roberts Court did not rule on Roe v. Wade. An equivalent ruling would be the Roberts Court’s upholding of the ban on partial birth abortion. Were they right then?

It has long been the custom when referring to the Supreme Court to treat it as if it were a continuous institution from beginning to end, something along the line of the Pope and the Catholic Church. I have long held that this is an inaccurate view, and that the rulings one gets from the court will often depend upon the political makeup of the court. (and not necessarily on law.)

For those of you out there who continuously espouse the notion that "The Court" did this! Or "the Court" did that! I can only say, ridicule towards the idea that there is any consistency or reason to various court decisions is the only appropriate response.

You speak of the Robert's court. Ever hear of the Obamacare tax?

As I have mentioned, our current court structure and system is a leftover of the Monarchical system of governance, and it has serious flaws of methodology, not the least of which is the concept of "precedent" being more consequential than reasoning from "first principles."

That you see logical fallacies being employed by me in my condemnation of the courts is more the result of your failure to understand my argument than that any such fallacies exist.

I’m betting that it is possible to name far more majority decisions of the Roberts Court that you agree with and consider “right” decisions than the few that you consider “wrong” decisions.

It only takes one "wrong" decision to do colossal damage, with consequences far beyond what should be tolerated. Again, ever hear of the "Obamacare tax?" How many billions of Dollars will be destroyed, and how many lives will be lost as a result of that idiocy? The Roberts "Obamacare Tax" decision is unsupportable. Reason will not stretch so far.

There is no such thing as 100% correct in any branch of government, never has been, never will be. Humans are fallible.

I can forgive someone for trying and failing, I cannot forgive someone for not even trying. All those courts you keep citing didn't even try. They simply accepted the pap they've been told all of their careers, and rubber stamped a nonsensical result. And that is only of the courts that even ALLOWED a claim to proceed. Most of the sorry bastards used a disgusting legal dodge to avoid even looking at the issue; The argument that No American would ever have sufficient Injury as the result of an ineligible President to bring suit demanding he prove his eligibility.

Again, the courts deserve nothing but ridicule and contempt, as do those who keep demanding we take these silly bastards seriously.

213 posted on 05/22/2013 6:07:14 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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