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Obama Will Nominate Elena Kagan To the Supreme Court
Mr Pink Eyes writes "President Obama has made his choice to fill the vacancy in the Supreme Court that was left by the retirement of Justice Stevens. According to this article that choice will be Elena Kagan."
I'd place a US Supreme Court justice as one of the top 100 most powerful people in the world. They don't get to wield their power in the typical manner like a show of force, but they when they use it, it would take 3/4ths of the United States to overrule them.
Perhaps, but that's not the kind of story I come to Slashdot to read. I'm sure they don't cover this article on Epicurious or Disney.com either, however crucial this individual's appointed role may be.
Well pretty much everything you post is flamebait (certainly everything in this article), so you're really just the pot calling the kettle black, here.
"Somebody has to do something. It's just incredibly pathetic it has to be us."
--- Jerry Garcia
I wasn't looking to start an argument at all. I just wanted to throw my opinion out there to see what sticks. Nothing did, so it's time to change my homepage for the first time in a decade.
I'm not looking for a website with technology and local politics, or any politics whatosver. I really only care about the technology. I'm now looking for PHP-based RSS parser servers so that I can, as you recommend, build my own Slashdot just for me. I have no interest in anyone's navel but my own.
Just a friendly parting word for you - don't be so quick to dismiss others. In response to my original post I thought "go away" was harsh. Truthfully, responses like that are the other reason why I won't miss Slashdot. Too many people can't tell the difference between a rebuttal and an attack, which is why my opinion is moderated as troll. I won't abide censorship, unlike this hypocritical community.
Modded flaimbait just for setting the record straight... yeah, Slashdot's been "taken over" by "tea party folks", sure.
Proud neuron in the Slashdot hivemind since 2002.
she has to defend the administration position on this whether she wants to or not,
Bullshit. Imagine for a moment that instead of a soulless political whore, she was a decent human being with a functioning moral sense. She could have refused to protect the guilty, and it's not likely that the empty-suit-in-chief would dare to fire her for taking a stand on a principle.
This woman is Alberto Gonzalez in drag.
You have the same judicial philosophy as Liz Cheney.
The job of lawyers isn't to judge their clients, it's to represent their interests, even if those interests clash with their own moral code.
I stole this Sig
How the fuck is this redundant?