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Scalia Rails Against the 'Judge-Moralist'
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| 3/15/06
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Posted on 03/15/2006 9:51:35 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
From what I've been told, Scalia needs to go and read the Federalist papers.
Judges should be able to rule any way they want too....
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posted on
03/15/2006 10:30:25 PM PST
by
Tzimisce
(How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President! www.dndorks.com)
To: Torie
If that was indeed a joke, it was in very poor taste on Scalia's part.
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posted on
03/15/2006 10:32:55 PM PST
by
balch3
To: balch3
I found it just grand, and not in poor taste. I must have sans culotte tendencies or something. Maybe I just don't take some things too seriously. I guess it might be a character flaw, among many that I have. Best.
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posted on
03/15/2006 10:36:34 PM PST
by
Torie
To: Tzimisce
J Scalia is a student/follower of original meaning, not original intent.
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posted on
03/15/2006 10:36:43 PM PST
by
Reagan Man
(Secure our borders;punish employers who hire illegals;stop all welfare to illegals)
To: Torie
Yeah, a conservative with a sense of humor. They do exist!
(Also, people should keep in mind that this was an audience in their early to mid-20s.)
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posted on
03/15/2006 10:39:09 PM PST
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: PISANO
I believe that we owe all of this to Marbury v Madison.
There's no doubt in my mind that the invention of judicial review paved the way to the judicial arrogance we see today.
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posted on
03/15/2006 10:41:48 PM PST
by
andyk
(Go Matt Kenseth!)
To: patton
Um, he invented the "drug exception to the fourth amendment." Doesn't sound very conservative to me.I take it that your definition of conservative is in idiology not constitutionality. Scalia's interpretation is to rule by what is written not what he thinks should be written.
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posted on
03/15/2006 10:42:53 PM PST
by
byteback
To: The Worthless Miracle
Perhaps election by lottery would solve the problem. (Only half joking.)
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posted on
03/15/2006 10:54:23 PM PST
by
DryFly
To: The Worthless Miracle
Lawyers run for office, other people don't. It's really that simple. I'm not going to bother speculating why.
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posted on
03/15/2006 11:03:23 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: patton; freepatriot32
"Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia railed against the era of the "judge-moralist," saying judges are no better qualified than "Joe Sixpack" to decide moral questions such as abortion and gay marriage." Well, this certainly explains his decisions on marijuana legalization and euthanasia in Gonzales v. Reich and Gonzales v. Oregon. He simply wasn't moralizing at all in EITHER of those cases, now, was he? It must have all simply been about what the law said, not what exceptions he preferred be sliced out of his otherwise Consitutionalist philosophy.
/biting sarcasm
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posted on
03/15/2006 11:20:35 PM PST
by
LibertarianInExile
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posted on
03/15/2006 11:49:46 PM PST
by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
To: PISANO
Ha. Imagine a layman sitting there. Incomprehensible [to a layman] gobbledygook is flying thick and fast, so what is one to do? To keep one's mouth shut, to nod wisely, and always agree with somebody else who [hopefully] knows what's going on? And one would have to place absolute trust in one's staffers and clerks that they do not [which will be very easy for them] turn such a layman justice into a laughingstock and butt of jokes. An extremely undignified situation, IMHO.
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posted on
03/16/2006 12:10:29 AM PST
by
GSlob
To: RandallFlagg; Joe 6-pack
VINDICATED At Last !!!!!! :-)
To: JoeSixPack1
ha-HAA!
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posted on
03/16/2006 12:18:01 AM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: The Worthless Miracle
Electing lawyers to legislative bodies to make laws isn't the biggest problem. It's electing lawyers to judicial bodies where they inappropriately make laws that's the problem. Repeal judicial immunity now and hold judges accountable for their treasonous behavior!
To: no one in particular
Most laymen have never even read the constitution. I suggest this as a test for the "appoint laymen" crowd: next time your car breaks down take it to someone with no mechanical training who has never read the manual. See if you like those results.
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posted on
03/16/2006 12:20:46 AM PST
by
phelanw
To: NormsRevenge
Orgies relieve tension??? What's up with that comment?
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posted on
03/16/2006 12:25:55 AM PST
by
sully777
(wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
To: LibertarianInExile
Well, this certainly explains his decisions on marijuana legalization and euthanasia in Gonzales v. Reich and Gonzales v. Oregon. He simply wasn't moralizing at all in EITHER of those cases, now, was he? It must have all simply been about what the law said, not what exceptions he preferred be sliced out of his otherwise Consitutionalist philosophy. /biting sarcasm
You flatter yourself. Next time, wear your teeth.
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posted on
03/16/2006 12:29:55 AM PST
by
Chunga
(Mock The Left)
To: Torie; The Worthless Miracle
It would be nice if our legislatures had a good understanding of law, because a badly written law gets implemented just like a well written law.
What we need to put in office are honest lawyers.
I'll get back to you if I ever find any.
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posted on
03/16/2006 12:33:51 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
03/16/2006 12:41:43 AM PST
by
SR 50
(Larry)
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