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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:46 AM Original message |
BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court rejects ACLU domestic spying lawsuit |
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flor de jasmim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. IMPEACH - yesterday and often |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. It was the only real alternative, until Pelosi got in the way. |
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pingzing58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. Pelosi is an obstructionist and needs to be removed from office. When and how, I'll contribute to |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
57. There is a Democratic contender. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. quickly as possible |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
56. It was never that popular in Congress to begin with. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Right on. LOL! Welcome to DU! |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. It is getting scary. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. And why can't they prove their communications have been monitored? |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. Better for the Supremes to decline the appeal than to |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Did they actually "reject' the appeal, or just not hear the case?... |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. They didn't rule. |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Too bad they didn't decline Bush v Gore. n/t |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
63. Of course they cannot prove they've been monitored. Thats the whole reason for the Patriot Act |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. oh this does not sound good at all. |
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flor de jasmim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Good time to stop bickering and keep our eyes focused on the here and now... |
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Thepricebreaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. .... Nothing - who left to appeal to? no one.. n/t |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. *shrug* I thought sure the supremes would take up the constitutionality. |
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jellybeancurse (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
44. I think the issue is the ACLU doesn't have standing |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. Oh, good Lord... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. More like Catch-1984! Where needed, interject "State Secrecy." I call it the "SS Defense" |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
10. The '80s classic by After the Fire says it best: |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
11. That's OK, there are plenty more standing in line. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
13. BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court rejects Constitution! |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. The Bush Firewall. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
16. the terrorists have no idea how big they won in 2001 |
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death to the DLC (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Exactly, yet another talking point |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 05:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
53. You're blaming the WRONG 'terraists'. This country's real threat was |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
17. Sounds like we need to also start building some cases for SCOTUS iimpeachments as well... |
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Thepricebreaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. We couldnt get a janitor impeached during an election season... sad but true. |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
47. I agree... which one goes first Alito, Roberts or that fucker Scalia? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. kicked and Nominated |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. Why am I reminded of GERMANY in the 1930s all over again? |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. Is the Supreme Court actually doing any work? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. and abortion is still legal.. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. TPM: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Warrantless Wiretapping Appeal |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Isn't the fact that the government CAN wiretap w/o oversight damage enough to be,... |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. Do we know which scumbuckets rejected this? |
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Danascot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. ACLU Press Release |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. Our good ole boys at the Supreme Court! Is anyone really surprised? |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. Now it is time to impeach Scalia and his two or three minions. |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
33. deMockracy in action |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. They can be impeached! |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Yes |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. treason, bribery, other high crimes & misdemeanors |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. I think obstruction of justice, if it is shown they are trying to prevent prosecutions/impeachment |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #48 |
62. No political crime would surprise me any more, including a conspiracy of Supremes |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. They Must Be |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
36. Freedom isn't free: Seems to have a new meaing now in America. |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
39. How many Justices could President Oama appoint realistically? |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Not likely that the four worst will die or retire soon. |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. If all 4 of them were caught in bed |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. just sent the aclu a donation last night.... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #40 |
61. Right on!! |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
43. No surprise: the Court has a tradition of trampling civil liberties during "wartime" |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
45. The U.S. Supreme W. Court....What a disgraceful bunch of fascist pigs |
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Support the ACLU (65 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
46. Unbelievable! |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
50. No comment??? |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
52. I really wish those rightwing thugs on the court could be shown the door, |
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vickitulsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
55. I heard a good discussion of this on NPR a day or two ago. |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
58. The Supreme Court is the reason that I will |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
59. That Unitary Executive must be more important than the Constitution. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
60. Meet my good friend Major Major Major |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
64. Guess we lack standing on the American dream, eating food that hasn't been poisoned or tortured, and |
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