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(Chief Justice) Roberts Questions McCain-Feingold Limits
Las Vegas Sun ^
| 17 Jan 06
| Frederick Frommer
Posted on 01/17/2006 4:38:09 PM PST by xzins
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To: xzins
If CFR goes, then McCain's reputation goes with it. That just made me smile. :-)
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posted on
01/17/2006 7:40:18 PM PST
by
Soul Seeker
(Mr. President: It is now time to turn over the money changers' tables.)
To: SittinYonder
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posted on
01/17/2006 7:41:35 PM PST
by
eyespysomething
(Let's agree to respect each other's views, no matter how wrong yours might be.)
To: SittinYonder
LOL, I see you're already here.
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posted on
01/17/2006 7:43:00 PM PST
by
eyespysomething
(Let's agree to respect each other's views, no matter how wrong yours might be.)
To: MNJohnnie
Of course, it could also be the:
Roberts
Alito
Thomas
Scalia
or RATS court, depending on one's viewpoint.
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posted on
01/17/2006 8:36:30 PM PST
by
jeltz25
To: jeltz25
Lets suppose Ginsburg expires or retires and Janice Rogers Brown is nominated. Then we could have Brown, Roberts, Alito, Thomas , and Scalia or BRATS! ( Is there a good choice whose name starts with an "M"? That would be SMART! )
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posted on
01/17/2006 9:50:16 PM PST
by
Nateman
(Stop the spin! Flush Clinton again!)
Comment #46 Removed by Moderator
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
(For those not familiar with Yiddish, it is a synonym for excrement, but far more expressive.)
Thanks for the explanation. I am among those who were unfamiliar with the origins of the word. I just grew up knowing that "dreck" was pretty much the bottom of the barrel. As you noted, it is a VERY expressive word and I use it as it applies to . . . . . well, DRECK, such as CFR.
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posted on
01/18/2006 5:09:14 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: xzins
If CFR goes, then McCain's reputation goes with it.
Allow me to respectfully disagree. McCain's reputation is that of a loose cannon nutjob and CFR made him extremely unpopular among 'Pubbies and conservatives.
If CFR is reversed (please, God!!), McCain will get the comeuppance he so richly deserves, but his reputation will remain intact - he'll still have the reputation for being a loose cannon nutjob.
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posted on
01/18/2006 5:14:31 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: Richard Kimball
cited as "whatever goes on behind closed doors is legal, unless it's conservative".
LOL!!! Great post!!
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posted on
01/18/2006 5:18:03 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
What part of the First Amendment is unclear? There must be a penumbra shading at least some of the text.
To: WestVirginiaRebel
Soon to be joined by Chief Justice Alito... Only one Chief Justice per Supreme Court, please!
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posted on
01/18/2006 5:47:46 AM PST
by
whd23
To: xzins
If CFR goes, then McCain's reputation goes with it. You mean everyone will forget about the Keating Five?
To: Colorado Buckeye
The Keating Five included old John Glenn The Earth Spinner.
Keating never hurt him here in Ohio.
But McCain is renowned for exactly one piece of legislation, so far as I know, and it's a crappy piece of legislation.
What has he accomplished otherwise?
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posted on
01/18/2006 6:04:28 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
To: MikePence4Prez; jude24
I think they are required to defend it once it becomes the law of the land. There's no rule, though, that that have to defend it well and with gusto.
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posted on
01/18/2006 6:05:51 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
To: xzins
There is one problem here. President Bush signed this legislation. IF it is determined to be unconstitutional, and early on, he basically said it was, did he violate his oath of office by signing it?
To: xzins
To: joesbucks
I don't think he violated his oath of office. They made a few changes and then ran it through justice. The president only needs to believe it's constitutional.
In any case, the congress is required also to present constitutional bills, and the standard there is also simply that they do their best to get it right.
That's one reason there's a Scotus.
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posted on
01/18/2006 6:12:21 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
To: xzins
don't think he violated his oath of office. They made a few changes and then ran it through justice. The president only needs to believe it's constitutional. In any case, the congress is required also to present constitutional bills, and the standard there is also simply that they do their best to get it right. That's one reason there's a Scotus.Now I didn't actually here this from the administration, but the conservative talk show hosts were saying when this was signed and they were providing cover, said the President, believing that it would be overturned by the SCOTUS because it was unconstitutional.
If that was a talking point advanced by the White House, does that mean if the President believed it was unconstitutional that he violated his oath?
To: joesbucks
I remember the spin at the time. You are correct.
I do think I remember Justice giving it a hesitant thumbs up, though, after it got tinkered with a bit in the conference committee.
It could be that the Pres might have thought that IF if were unconstitutional that Scotus would kill it.
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posted on
01/18/2006 7:02:37 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
To: jeltz25
r RATS court, depending on one's viewpoint.
Well since that would be the point of view of the ones the Court is standing on while peeing, it is a viewpoint of no significance.
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posted on
01/18/2006 7:10:00 AM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(Is there a satire god who created Al Gore for the sole purpose of making us laugh?)
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