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To: Hebrews 11:6

Who voted what ?


21 posted on 11/19/2013 3:59:09 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: knarf
The Court's decision is here.

Short version: Roberts and Kennedy voted to deny a stay, but didn't write any opinion. Scalia, Thomas and Alito also voted to deny a stay (creating the 5-4 majority), and joined in an opinion written by Scalia (which basically says that a lower court's decision shouldn't be stayed unless it is clearly and obviously wrong). Breyer wrote a dissenting opinion, which was joined by Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Kagan.

30 posted on 11/19/2013 4:16:28 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: knarf

Four conservatives and one moderate sided with the Constitution of the United States of America. Four liberals sided against it.


48 posted on 11/19/2013 5:59:39 PM PST by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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To: knarf; Lurking Libertarian; jonno

Lurking Libertarian’s brief summary was entirely correct as far as it went, but it omitted the thorough evisceration Scalia performed upon Breyer. It’s well worth reading. Breyer’s dissenting opinion is only five or six pages, and I read it first in order to have it in mind when reading Scalia’s even shorter opinion. Complete beat-down.


50 posted on 11/19/2013 6:31:06 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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