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Senate Confirms Elena Kagan's Appointment To SCOTUS
eldavojohn writes "As expected, by a vote of 63 to 37 Elena Kagan has been appointed as the 112th member of the Supreme Court of the United States. Kagan, only 50 years old, has no judicial experience. The Washington Post explains: 'Other justices have corporate law backgrounds or a long record of arguing before the court. Kagan worked briefly for a law firm and argued her first case before an appellate court 11 months ago. It happened to be before the Supreme Court, the first of six cases she argued as the nation's first female solicitor general.' Her fair use views and free speech views have made her a focus of Slashdot recently."
hey, don't let the facts get in the way of a good shouting-match !
Yes, I'm left. You have a problem with that?
He (she?) might be, but I don't know him. Nor do I really care. I'm not a democrat, though I do subscribe to the idea that the only thing worse than a democrat is a republican. Both parties act only in the interest of being elected/reelected, and there's almost no one in congress who is even interested in doing something to make our country better.
If you want my personal political beliefs, I believe that I should be supreme ruler of the country, so that I could run it like a game of Civilization.
Let me get this straight, the party that openly advances homophobia, islamaphobia and racism to get votes somehow is more respectful of the President? Sorry, I can't buy that. Given the amount of focus they've put on his birthplace, alleged link to Islam, I find it very hard to believe that race doesn't figure in prominently into it.
The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people.
Kagan gets this one dead wrong. The Constitution is provided to provide for a limited government, no matter what you or I want, unless we pass an amendment. History is filled with tyrants who got to power because people wanted them to have it then they turned on their people.
Limited government is a requirement in the Constitution, any change to give the government more power must be passed through an amendment, not just a simple majority vote.
This is a very strong sign of activism, disregarding the constitution in favor of a form of democracy that puts the minority in the tyranny of the majority, such a thing is no different than living in a dictatorship.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
Pre-med student made Surgeon General of the US.
I still cannot find the droids I am looking for...
I've seen little proof otherwise. Their blantly transparent appointment of Micheal Steele as party chairman to insulate themselves from all their members basically shouting the N-word was pathetic.
It doesn't help that the other half of congress think party and skin color is what drives the others to oppose the president's agenda.
Party politics can't account for all opposition to the President's agenda, true.
But how else can you account for the non-short list of things in the last two years that were either wholly or partially Republican ideas (originally), that the President backed, that Republicans then voted uniformly against?
I found it hilarious how pissed people were that she gave textbook answers during her hearings while simultaneously complaining that she would judge based on her opinions.
Aren't textbook answers the opposite of opinions?
PS: An activist judge is a judge who makes a ruling that you disagree with.
What textbook says "I don't know" to the question, "Can the federal government tell citizens what to eat?"?
There is no "I disagree" mod for a reason. Flamebait, Troll, and Overrated are not substitutes.
>>>I would counter that the Republican party is more Demogogic and Authoritative
The Republicans voted AGAINST the bailout bill in 2008, in direct opposite to the leader of their party (George Bush). In contrast the Democrats voted near-unanimously to pass Obama's healthcare bill, simply because it was Obama that wanted it.
Almost every bad bill that's passed these last 4-5 years has been near-100% Democrat (like the renewal of the Patriot Act) while the Republicans opposed the bill (but lacked the numbers to block it).
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Yeah, you are right.
Thinking that a Supreme Court justice (who is supposed to determine if things are in keeping with the US Constitution) should uphold free speech....well that's downright stupid.
The USA was built on the Free Enterprise System. For better or worse, it is THE system of free people. This woman lamented the supposed reduction in socialism (her words).
How about I come over and redistribute your property to myself?
THL phish sticks
They probably have the "Separate but equal" fiasco stuck in their mind where people who were supposed to be treated equally, were not.
There is nothing stopping homosexuals from marrying someone of the opposite sex. Therefore, they are not treated unequally.
You republicans sure have a preoccupation with having things shoved down your throats.. It's all I hear about from Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reily, etc. I'm starting to think you all kind of have a fetish for having things shoved down your throats.
Exactly. Tell me again why someone sitting around doing nothing but drinking and drug abusing their life away and is somehow entitled to part of my paycheck because I happen to go to work and make a decent living because I chose to do that instead of drinking and drug abusing my life away.
If a gay man married a woman, they would have the same benefits as any other married couple. Now, if you want to fucking REDEFINE MARRIAGE from what it's been in Western civilization for the last 3000 years, by all means, go ahead. But don't call it some sort of equal protection bullshit. It's just the continual leftist desire to turn society on it's head.
>>>the republicans are spiteful, self-centered assholes who sell out the country
Thank you. I've been waiting for a hate-filled troll to come along and spout a bunch of nonsense (and get modded +5 insightful by other trolls), JUST so I could post the following.
The most racist Party in the whole history of America:
1790s - the Founders abolished importation of slaves, abolished slavery in the north and northwest territories, and banned selling of slaves across state lines. They intended to abolish slavery in the south too but.....
1820s - the South, aka the Democrats, reversed a lot of the laws the Founders had put in place, and adopted a pro-slavery stance, thereby blocking any more progress toward complete abolition.
1860s - the Democrats seceded from the Union because a Republican won the presidency (and because they wanted protect slavery)
1880s - the Democrats invented the idea of Segregation
1910s - Democrat Wilson segregates blacks from the formerly unified army. He also invites the KKK to the White House for the first time.
1950s/60s/70s - the Democrats opposed/ voted against Civil Rights Laws. To quote Senator Byrd: "Rather I should die a thousand times, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels."
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Republicans are racist? Perhaps so but the R Party's record looks golden compared to the D Party's record. And yes people claim the Democrats "changed" but when exactly? Name a year when Democrats suddenly stopped voting-down civil rights law, and turned pro-black? Because as far as I can tell, they never did. Democrats are still wholly against School Choice even though the majority of blacks are in favor of it (to escape falling-down innercity schools).
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall