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South Dakota's monkey wrench (William F. Buckley)
Townhall.com ^ | 3/7/06 | William F. Buckley

Posted on 03/08/2006 6:19:34 AM PST by blitzgig

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1 posted on 03/08/2006 6:19:35 AM PST by blitzgig
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To: blitzgig

"Now everybody concedes that all this will take a few years."





If the Supreme Court liberals are smart, they will take this case on now, before Bush has another opportunity to change the Court.


2 posted on 03/08/2006 6:22:37 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: blitzgig
Amazing how succinctly Buckley makes SD's case.
3 posted on 03/08/2006 6:27:07 AM PST by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: Brilliant

mobilize every legal thought, afterthought and presumptive thought


4 posted on 03/08/2006 6:28:00 AM PST by ClaireSolt (.)
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To: blitzgig
Every one believes in democracy... except liberals. They haven't winning too many elections lately.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

5 posted on 03/08/2006 6:30:21 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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I have to re-read this. Buckley is always so erudite. There's alaso always a word I'd NEVER heard of before: excogitated. I get the meaning but I am going to have to look it up in my mother's 1914 Webster dictionary.
Ya gotta love the guy. There are WAY too few like him.

I also happen to agree with him 100% on this.

6 posted on 03/08/2006 6:31:13 AM PST by starfish923 (Socrates: It's never right to do wrong.)
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To: goldstategop

Do you think that the folks in the Bush administration believes in democracy in Hamastan? If so, they need their heads examined.


7 posted on 03/08/2006 6:33:24 AM PST by Austin Willard Wright
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To: blitzgig
regicidal

There's another one.

8 posted on 03/08/2006 6:33:56 AM PST by starfish923 (Socrates: It's never right to do wrong.)
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To: Brilliant

The Supreme Court can't just "take it on" until it works its way there through various other courts. The challenge for the pro-abortion people is that if they let this stand, all they've lost is South Dakota where I understand there is only one small killing center, but if they push it through the courts, they stand to lose a lot more. And the fact that they can't predict the composition of the Court by the time the case gets there makes it even more of a gamble.


9 posted on 03/08/2006 6:34:01 AM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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I can't figure this...even though it is the right thing to do and would increase the number of potential taxpayers...the pro-death crowd is upset, ya think they may be hooked up with Islam?


10 posted on 03/08/2006 6:34:57 AM PST by bro.Ray
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South Dakota only has 1 abortion clinic anyway. But this will be interesting to watch.


11 posted on 03/08/2006 6:36:37 AM PST by loreldan (Lincoln, Reagan, & G. W. Bush - the cure for Democrat lunacy.)
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To: blitzgig

Scalia made some interesting remarks recently on abortion before a think tank. The topic was the use and relevancy of foreign law in interpreting and applying the Constitution. He said that he would believe the sincerety of those who do when they start using foreign law on abortion cases. The US is in the distinct minority when it comes to allowing abortion on demand with no restrictions. Even the UK, Italy, and many other Western countries have restrictions. The US is among the 50+ countries that don't have any.


12 posted on 03/08/2006 6:36:51 AM PST by kabar
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To: starfish923
My favorite is The Winston Simplified Dictionary... circa 1927.
13 posted on 03/08/2006 6:40:50 AM PST by johnny7 (“Iuventus stultorum magister”)
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To: Emmett McCarthy

I think you're right, to an extent. I can't see the pro-aborts taking it past the state courts if they lose. But what if they win in the State Supreme Court? Is South Dakota willing to take this all the way, knowing the risks?


14 posted on 03/08/2006 6:42:58 AM PST by Ace of Spades (Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Emmett McCarthy

If Bush gets another pick, he may nominate a flaming liberal as payback to his liberal friends.


15 posted on 03/08/2006 6:46:31 AM PST by Flavius Josephus (The only good muslim is a bad muslim)
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To: blitzgig

Ping for later.


16 posted on 03/08/2006 6:48:18 AM PST by bcsco ("He who is wedded to the spirit of the age is soon a widower" - Anonymous)
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To: starfish923
There's alaso always a word I'd NEVER heard of before: excogitated.

I missed that one. I've never seen this one either: regicidal

17 posted on 03/08/2006 6:55:52 AM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
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To: Emmett McCarthy

How long is that going to take, though? It should not take but a few days for a district court to throw it out, and clearly it will because as noted, abortion is not going to end in SD anytime soon, so that implies that the district court will very shortly make some kind of a ruling. That leaves the question of how long it will take the appellate court to deal with the case. I'd say less than a year.


18 posted on 03/08/2006 6:56:08 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: Flavius Josephus
"If Bush gets another pick, he may nominate a flaming liberal as payback to his liberal friends."

Unbelieveable...a statement to ignorant for words!

19 posted on 03/08/2006 7:04:10 AM PST by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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Oops,speaking of ignorant..."Unbelieveable" - duhhhh, coulda/shoulda been "Unbelievable"


20 posted on 03/08/2006 7:06:10 AM PST by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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