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Posted on 02/28/2013 5:49:11 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
For a quarter-century, Antonin Scalia has been the reigning bully of the Supreme Court, but finally a couple of justices are willing to face him down.
As it happens, the two manning up to take on Nino the Terrible are women: the court’s newest members, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
The acerbic Scalia, the court’s longest-serving justice, got his latest comeuppance Wednesday morning...Scalia, assuming powers of clairvoyance, argued that the lawmakers were secretly afraid to vote against this “perpetuation of racial entitlement.”
...The two new justices are sending a message to the court’s conservative majority: You may have the votes, but you’re going to have a fight.
Wednesday’s voting rights case was typical. Surprisingly, the five conservative justices seemed willing to strike down a landmark civil rights law (the provision that gives extra scrutiny to states with past discrimination) that was renewed with near-unanimous votes in Congress. Conservative jurists usually claim deference to the elected branches, but in this case they look an awful lot like activist judges legislating from the bench.
Sotomayor allowed the lawyer for the Alabama county seeking to overturn the law to get just four sentences into his argument before interrupting him. “Assuming I accept your premise — and there’s some question about that — that some portions of the South have changed, your county pretty much hasn’t,” she charged. “Why would we vote in favor of a county whose record is the epitome of what caused the passage of this law to start with?”
Moments later, Kagan pointed out that “Alabama has no black statewide elected officials” and has one of the worst records of voting rights violations.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Thanks SoFloFreeper.
Oh how I wish Jim would give us a “like” button.
"BTTT" is FTW!
How dare you! HOW DARE YOU, SIR!
Chess is an ancient and noble game. It is subtle and complex. It requires dedication, intelligence, and hard work to become even modestly proficient at the game. The game is never "mastered," even with a lifetime of study.
I have never been so offended. I demand an apology, to me, to all admirers of the game, and to the game itself. 1
Watching my Constitutional Republic evolve into a Peoples Republic. Sigh.
Interesting take by the Dems and their propaganda arm "media" when it is their ox being gored. [sarc on] And here I thought "activist judges legislating from the bench" was the liberal's wet dream. /sarc
They imagine their strong adherence to such a failed ideology proves that it must still be the thing to do to organize any society ~ and that they are the folks to do it.
They will do anything ~ including murder innocent people ~ to pursue that end.
You can't trust any of them.
Dana Millbank is a male of the species.
Fact is, a black Republican stands a pretty good chance of being elected statewide in Alabama.
But a black Democrat would never win a statewide primary.
Translation:
Alabama is one of the states where we (liberals racists) haven't implemented a workable vote fraud process, yet.
You’re right. That was a horrific insult to chess. I’m sorry.
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Good Gawd, the wise Latina and the wise lesbian on the warpath. GOD help us!
News reporters at the WSJ are largely liberal; the conservatives reside on the editorial board.
Whew, that report makes the two women sound like a couple of cackling hens.
Cackling hens who can’t stop themselves from rudely interrupting other people.
Milbank is your typical Democrat shill.
I wouldn’t take anything he writes seriously.
scalia probably feels guilty, it must be like going up against mentally deficient persons.
I think Milbank is female.
Milbank is a Flamer, I think.
When John Roberts legislated from the bench and when Kagen and Sotomayor were confirmed to the court, the court was rendered worthless and political in my opinion.
Their rulings, to me, are irrelevant.
Apology accepted! ;>)
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