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ozmunkeh posted:I'm glad he's dead. Real talk: Death is pretty heavy and I generally don't wish it on people as a rule, but gently caress that guy. I'm throwing a party.
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It would be nice if there was any way to replace bad justices short of hoping they were dead, because while I didn't wish the guy any personal ill will I did want him off the court pretty badly but in reality there's no way to separate the two.
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evilweasel posted:It would be nice if there was any way to replace bad justices short of hoping they were dead, because while I didn't wish the guy any personal ill will I did want him off the court pretty badly but in reality there's no way to separate the two. Well, congress could just impeach any justice that makes rulings they dislike. That would be a substantial norm violation that would seriously undermine the legitimacy of the court, so it might not happen for another 5 years or so 
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Feb 14, 2016 18:04
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How many innocents have been executed because Scalia believed it's what the founding fathers would have wanted? When we're done mourning them we can mourn him.
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Jeb Bush 2012 posted:Well, congress could just impeach any justice that makes rulings they dislike. That would be a substantial norm violation that would seriously undermine the legitimacy of the court, so it might not happen for another 5 years or so The bigger block is really that it requires a 2/3rds majority which nobody has had in like forever.
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evilweasel posted:It would be nice if there was any way to replace bad justices short of hoping they were dead, because while I didn't wish the guy any personal ill will I did want him off the court pretty badly but in reality there's no way to separate the two. His friends and family are free to mourn his life, the rest of us did not know him and can only judge him based on his judicial legacy of being evil festering turd and shouldn't feel bad about being glad his is dead because realistically that was the only way he was leaving the court.
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Feb 14, 2016 18:26
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I do love that "colorful" has become the euphemism I've noticed most when Democrats want to quietly throw shade on Scalia.
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Feb 14, 2016 18:37
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Just want to point out that this guy was morbidly obese and he lived to 79. He died on vacation with friends. It's the best ending he could have hoped for.
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Pillow Hat posted:Just want to point out that this guy was morbidly obese and he lived to 79. He died on vacation with friends. It's the best ending he could have hoped for. He died doing what he loved: slaughtering the defenseless.
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Pillow Hat posted:Just want to point out that this guy was morbidly obese and he lived to 79. He died on vacation with friends. It's the best ending he could have hoped for. Hitler dies in Argentina surrounded by friends and family at age 97, in a feathery down bed by the light of a fire Don't be happy! A man is dead! (Atonin Scalia's storied career will prepare him for his new job as Hitler's fluffer in hell.)
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Feb 14, 2016 19:02
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Seems like a good time to remind everyone of the best example of appropriate glee upon the death of a public figure in recent history: Hunter S Thompson on Nixon
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Feb 14, 2016 19:08
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I hope the lasting memory history has of him is his "pure applesauce" and "jiggery-pokery" lines from the Obamacare dissent.
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vyelkin posted:Ginsburg has consistently said she's not going to retire any time soon because there's no way in hell Obama would ever be able to appoint someone remotely like her to replace her. This is the exact setup of that West Wing episode where they ended up nominating two new justices.
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evilweasel posted:It would be nice if there was any way to replace bad justices short of hoping they were dead, because while I didn't wish the guy any personal ill will I did want him off the court pretty badly but in reality there's no way to separate the two. The guy was a vile racist. I'm sure chances are he didn't wish you well. The world is a better place with him dead.
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Being happy that someone is dead doesn't mean you condone murder. He was actively making the world a worse place by his sheer existence, he was personally an awful human being and is responsible of shitload of suffering, of course it is a good and positive thing that he is not alive anymore. Why does someone suddenly deserve toleration and sympathy by shuffling his mortal coil? It's not like people are sending emails to his family or picketing his front yard. His death wasn't even violent nor had collateral damage  Mattavist posted:This is the exact setup of that West Wing episode where they ended up nominating two new justices. If you showed footage to an alien about West Wing and this campaign season and asked which was real life I bet they would pick West Wing. So anything could happen. DarkCrawler fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Feb 14, 2016 |
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mcmagic posted:The guy was a vile racist. I'm sure chances are he didn't wish you well. The world is a better place with him dead. I'm white and male and not poor, he'd have loved me.
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evilweasel posted:I'm white and male and not poor, he'd have loved me. depends, what is your opinion on walking? 
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Feb 14, 2016 19:32
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Obama should have practiced archery like the English kings the founding fathers separated themselves from would have wanted!  What the gently caress is any of that paragraph trying to talk about and why was he saying riding in a golf cart is protected or legally golf?
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Feb 14, 2016 19:40
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Crabtree posted:Obama should have practiced archery like the English kings the founding fathers separated themselves from would have wanted! The case was on whether or not the PGA could forbid the use of a golf cart in golf tournaments without violating the ADA.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CYkZcPYXQI&t=75s
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Crabtree posted:Obama should have practiced archery like the English kings the founding fathers separated themselves from would have wanted! it was a disability lawsuit. under the ADA it's ok to restrict access or remove people if their disability or whatever literally prevents them from doing the job, and the guy in question had trouble walking but could still stand up and swing the club, so he argued that he could play golf at the same level as everyone else. the pga at the time required that you had to walk between shots and so he sued them to make them let him ride a golf cart instead. so SCOTUS basically had to rule on whether or not walking your shots is fundamentally part of golf. the supreme court basically decided that you don't have to walk around in order to play golf, that the important part is being able to hit the ball and so the pga would have to provide him with handicap access. now you know.
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basically, the NBA can keep people who play wheelchair basketball out because it makes the game fundamentally a different sport, but the PGA has to let dudes get around however they want because it doesn't have anything to do with how good at golf you are.
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evilweasel posted:It would be nice if there was any way to replace bad justices short of hoping they were dead, because while I didn't wish the guy any personal ill will I did want him off the court pretty badly but in reality there's no way to separate the two. This has been my take on it. Not that he cared, but he had two ways of removing his awful opinions from the national stage: retirement and death. I would have been happy with either and he chose death, so I am happy.
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corn in the bible posted:it was a disability lawsuit. under the ADA it's ok to restrict access or remove people if their disability or whatever literally prevents them from doing the job, and the guy in question had trouble walking but could still stand up and swing the club, so he argued that he could play golf at the same level as everyone else. the pga at the time required that you had to walk between shots and so he sued them to make them let him ride a golf cart instead. so SCOTUS basically had to rule on whether or not walking your shots is fundamentally part of golf. if the PGA was playing speed Golf where each golfer would have to run from one shot to the next, they could put there ban back in place. I for one would enjoy this as we would get both shots under par and time taken for 18 holes. Of course it destroys the sport.
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Lol at the new thread title. I thought Scalia had frozen to death on Everest while on a GBS organised climbing tour.
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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Coheed and Cambria singing Scalia opinions: http://youtu.be/7qrYegn5mtg
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Mattavist posted:This is the exact setup of that West Wing episode where they ended up nominating two new justices.
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In case anyone was wondering, Scalia died of a heart attack.
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Pomp posted:I am so saddened that our nation has lost this man and sad for his family. I admired both his devotion to conservatism and the constitution and his unwavering faith in the Almighty.He was also an intellectual giant. As a side note, if McConnell intends to stay in the Senate, he better make this stick.Conservatives need to blanket senators with ph calls making sure they know...if any republican senator crosses over and votes to confirm an Obama nomination, their senate career is over.We have the majority and we will not forget. This but minus the irony.
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What is Clearance Thomas going to do now that he can't just concur with Scalia?
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Lowtechs posted:What is Clearance Thomas going to do now that he can't just concur with Scalia? Scalia will appear before Thomas like a Jedi ghost.
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Mr Jaunts posted:In case anyone was wondering, Scalia died of a heart attack. A valiant effort made by a mere mortal heart to pump the purest vitriol. Black as onyx.
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Mr Jaunts posted:In case anyone was wondering, Scalia died of a heart attack. I guess he traded in his Chevy for a Cadillac-ac-ac-ac-ac 
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corn in the bible posted:basically, the NBA can keep people who play wheelchair basketball out because it makes the game fundamentally a different sport, but the PGA has to let dudes get around however they want because it doesn't have anything to do with how good at golf you are. I'd play wheelchair golf. Motorized tho
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Mr Jaunts posted:In case anyone was wondering, Scalia died of a heart attack. This reads fishy as hell.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Honestly, what do you think Obama's initial reaction was when he was informed of the news? 
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Mr Jaunts posted:In case anyone was wondering, Scalia died of a heart attack. quote:MARFA, Texas — The death certificate for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will list myocardial infarction — a heart attack — as the official cause of death, Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara told WFAA on Sunday. Hmm...
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Three Olives posted:With full knowledge of how hopelessly naive this sounds I find it really hard to believe that Republicans will think it is politically advantageous to stall out an entire branch of government just because they don't like they president for 11 months when they haven't even nominated someone to replace him yet. Remember the government shutdowns? They'll absolutely try - though rather than admitting it's because they don't like the president, they'll spin some bullshit about how it's unprecedented for a president in to appoint a justice in an election year and there's no way an outgoing president's nomination could be considered legitimate. In fact, the candidates already pushed that argument during last night's debate, even though it's not true. For example, Kennedy was confirmed in Feb 1988.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell in 2005 defending the President's right to nominate Supreme Court justices:quote:The Constitution of the United States is at stake. Article II, Section 2 clearly provides that the President, and the President alone, nominates judges. The Senate is empowered to give advice and consent. But my Democratic colleagues want to change the rules. They want to reinterpret the Constitution to require a supermajority for confirmation. In effect, they would take away the power to nominate from the President and grant it to a minority of 41 Senators.
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