Court rules state can bar Boy Scouts from charity list

Waterbury Republican - American ^ | July 30, 2002 | AP

[Jim Scott]

Comments?

[nonliberal]

The Supreme Court's decision was based on free association. Freedom of association is constitutionally protected.

Now we see a ruling that says Connecticut law supercedes the Constitutional rights of an organization. I would like to see the opinion in order to find out how they argued their way out of this one!

[Amerigomag]

Not a problem. State employees have the right to donate to the Scouts outside the state payroll deduction.

Maybe it's time that Connecticut state employees withdrew from the payroll deduction program and began to make their own decisions without government direction/intervention.

[ForGod'sSake]

I would like to see the opinion in order to find out how they argued their way out of this one!

Just so, but it wouldn't make any difference in any case. The liberal class is not constrained by law donchya know? All's I gotta say is, here we go again. The BSA will continue the fight until they are beaten into the ground by queers, lesbians, etc. These people have no conception of "On my Honor".

FGS

[lawdude]

Hey...queers...there is going to be a peter pulling contest at the Judges house tonight after you get the dishes done!

PAH

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[Suzie_Cue]

NICE!

[hot4teacher]

Well, now that they can't donate to the BSA, they can just divert the funds to the Big Brothers and Big Sisters organizations.

They don't have a problem with homosexuals spending "quality" time with youngsters.

[an amused spectator]

Eginton, Warren William

Born 1924 in Brooklyn, NY

Federal Judicial Service:
U. S. District Court, District of Connecticut
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on June 5, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; Confirmed by the Senate on July 23, 1979, and received commission on July 24, 1979. Assumed senior status on August 1, 1992.

Education:
Princeton University, A.B., 1948

Yale Law School, LL.B., 1951

Professional Career:
U.S. Army Lieutenant, 1943-1946
U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, 1946-1973
Private practice, New York City, 1951-1953
Private practice, Stamford, Connecticut, 1953-1979

Race or Ethnicity: White

Gender: Male

[lawdude]

"Gender: Male"

Don'r bet on it!

[nonliberal]

I, for one, think judges should have to have read the Constitution in order to serve.

[ForGod'sSake]

I, for one, think judges should have to have read the Constitution in order to serve.

Werksferme! We might want to add that to the swearing in ceremony: "Have you read the Constitution and understand it; and further are you making a committment to uphold our Constitution, or is this just so much lip service?"

FGS

[TEXASPROUD]

You would think that the state might have learned a lesson from the trials and tribulations of the Catholic Church.

[RonF]

I, for one, think judges should have to have read the Constitution in order to serve.

I'm a Scouter. One of the requirements for 1st Class is for the boys to talk to a lawyer, teacher, elected official, etc., on their rights and obligations under the Constitution. So, I arranged for a State Representative to come by and talk to the boys. I did this via contacting someone in said Rep's office.

So, the Rep shows up. Asks me exactly what the requirement is. I had faxed it over, but I reviewed it. The response? "Oh, I'm not that big an expert on the Constitution." Well, they're 12 year olds. You don't have to go into depth, just the basics. "I don't know that much about it."

I couldn't believe that an elected official, whose job it is to make law, couldn't explain the basics of the Constitution to a bunch of kids. The results of her efforts have to be in compliance with the Constitution or it'll get repealed. You'd think they'd know the basics. Ahh....... A Reflublican, too.

[lodwick]

bttt

[nonliberal]

What is even more startling is that the congressman got elected in the first place.

[ForGod'sSake]

A Reflublican, too.

Cute. Sounds like one slipped in under the fence when no one was looking. A Pubbie no less. Whaddaya wanna bet she did a little studying that evening? Some good may have come from the encounter.

The results of her efforts have to be in compliance with the Constitution or it'll get repealed

Would that it were so. It SHOULD get repealed. Our Constitution has been all but gutted over the last 40 -50 years. Maybe some examples of unconstitutional laws(take your pick) would be a good starting point for your boys. But on second thought they would want to know how that can happen; disillusionment might set in at too early an age....

I do admire your efforts at trying to bring along some potential patriots.

FGS

[RonF]

The GOP in Illinois is in a sad state of affairs. The State Chair, also a State Senator, had to resign the former position because of a Federal indictment over using state employees on state time to work on his campaign. The "Safe Roads" scandal has swept up numerous party functionaries and looks to go all the way to the sitting Governor. It took a month to find someone to take the State Chair position; prominent Reflub's declined, and one that the party wanted was rejected by the sitting U.S. Reflub Senator because the person was not pro-life and anti-O'Hare expansion. They finally signed up a guy I never heard of.

There's probably a lot of elected officials like her in this state. The legislative leaders on both sides have managed to tie up their colleagues by controlling the reelection funds; you vote the way that the majority or minority leaders say, or else you don't get funded and get bounced out. Actual skill in your job is secondary. The corruption that this kind of power invites is eating up the GOP. It will probably get the other side of the aisle in due course, but not in this election cycle.

[RonF]

"I do admire your efforts at trying to bring along some potential patriots."

Thanks. Teaching the kids camping, etc., is all well and good, and I enjoy it. But I also enjoy teaching the kids something about duty, honor, and country. I never served in the military; perhaps I was being saved for this.

[nonliberal]

Sounds a lot like the Iowa GOP. We have a candidate for Senate (RINO Greg Ganske) who won by push-polling and because his supporters pulled strings with conservative organizations.

Because of this, the real conservatives are demoralized and are planning on not voting for the Senate race. The base is unenthused with their prospects.

Plus, Iowa has a budget crisis. The Republicrats control BOTH houses of the State Legislature and spent every dime that the Democratic Governor wanted.