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pnwmom

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13. No, he didn't get it right. And he completely contradicted himself with his VRA opinion,
Thu Jun 27, 2013, 12:46 AM
Jun 2013

where he didn't hesitate to overturn a law that had been approved by multiple Congresses and Presidents.

It's really simple. William769 Jun 2013 #1
Yesterday's SCOTUS interpretation was nothing more than an interpretation? chknltl Jun 2013 #3
They never overturn anything. William769 Jun 2013 #6
If youre talking about the VRA case, Volaris Jun 2013 #2
A caller to Hartmann's program suggested this remedy: chknltl Jun 2013 #9
Not a good idea. Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #18
Small disagreement - The 3 branches of government cannot be "co-equal"....... suston96 Jun 2013 #4
The 'co-equal' notion came from an old civics class. chknltl Jun 2013 #12
I made that mistake years ago..... suston96 Jun 2013 #15
Chief Justice John Marshall's words from 1821 just put a huge smile on my face. chknltl Jun 2013 #17
scalia selected bush as president and ignored democrasy samsingh Jun 2013 #5
Yeah, he aint on my Christmas card list either. nt chknltl Jun 2013 #14
I would say that yes, the SC does get to over-rule the other branches, and thwart petronius Jun 2013 #7
One other thing is SCOTUS has no enforcement capability Katashi_itto Jun 2013 #8
That is not why DOMA ended up in front of SCOTUS, Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #20
Wow. So of the three they do have the most power chknltl Jun 2013 #16
In response to several of the posts here Revanchist Jun 2013 #10
Justice Scalia is contridictding himself in regards to how he ruled on Citizens United. Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #11
No, he didn't get it right. And he completely contradicted himself with his VRA opinion, pnwmom Jun 2013 #13
The fact that our Supreme Court is partisan one way or the other just shows how corrupt our liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #19
No. Iggo Jun 2013 #21
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