Journal the_mad_poster's Journal: So Does the Upcoming Nominee Deserve An Up or Down Vote... 14
... like the one the conservatives gave to Harriet Miers?
Oh.... wait.
... like the one the conservatives gave to Harriet Miers?
Oh.... wait.
Hackers of the world, unite!
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I like the idea of the beginning-of-the-end, but is the price worth it?
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Isn't that just the most insane thing? I'm continually amazed at the way Conservatives want to control women and think they have the right to do so. Because that's what this fundamentally is - a way to control the lives of 50% of the population.
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Agreed - the comment about women was simply to show how easily 50% of the population can be directly affected by a bad law.
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I hope you're right - I'm not sure I trust Kennedy, though.
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He was one of the 5 votes that upheld Casey [findlaw.com] as well as writing the court opinion along with O'Connor and Souter. If anything he has gotten a bit more liberal since then. Some think that with O'Connor gone he may move to her position ideologicly on the court.
Then again he did side with Rehnquist, White, and Scalia in Webster [findlaw.com], so I suppose you are correct in not fully trusting him on the central question of Roe [findlaw.com]. Then again he does seem even more disin
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Yet I remain steadfast in my belief that the right to reproductive choice is entitled to the full protection afforded by this Court before Webster. And I fear for the darkness as four Justices anxiously await the single vote necessary to extinguish the light.
That quotation sends chills down my spine.
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Heaven forbid there are two or three people on the court who actually uphold the Constitution instead of the liberal agenda.
And it's hilarious that you think putting an anti-abortionist on the court would be a slight to "future generations". You are a true idiot.
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This is the sort of wacko over-reaction that makes you right-wing types sound like lunatics. Keep taking things to the extreme, and keep wondering why the majority doesn't see things the way you do.
Dope.