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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSupreme Court Majority Calls Case a Dispute Between Women and People
June 30, 2014
Supreme Court Majority Calls Case a Dispute Between Women and People
WASHINGTONBy a 54 vote on Monday, the United States Supreme Court settled a dispute that Justice Samuel Alito said was at its core about the rights of women versus the rights of people.
Writing for the majority, Justice Alito wrote, It is the duty of this Court, whenever it sees that the rights of people are being threatened, to do our best to safeguard those rights. In this case, it is clear that peoples rights were being threatened by women.
Acknowledging that some women might argue that they, too, have some claim to being people, Justice Alito wrote, That is an interesting question for another day.
While the Courts decision caused an uproar across the country, it received a big thumbs-up from one of the Justices who voted with the majority, Antonin Scalia.
This has been a crappy year or so around here, what with all that gay-marriage stuff, but at least we finished strong, he said.
Posted by Andy Borowitz
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2014/06/supreme-court-majority-calls-case-a-dispute-between-women-and-people.html
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Supreme Court Majority Calls Case a Dispute Between Women and People (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jun 2014
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alarimer
(16,245 posts)1. Unfortunately this is true, not just satire.
They do honestly think women are not people. Or at least not the default person, a man.
BootinUp
(47,139 posts)2. Thats the best kind of satire.
Borowitz rarely misses.
elleng
(130,864 posts)3. Oh fuck!
Notwithstanding the other wrong radicals on the Court, I dislike alito more than any other.
or not.
clarice
(5,504 posts)4. Is this TRUE? or someone's idea of satire? nt
spanone
(135,816 posts)6. it's andy borowitz....from the new yorker...the king of satire.
clarice
(5,504 posts)7. Thank God.....! nt
Alex P Notkeaton
(309 posts)5. Wow. Just fucking Wow!
KT2000
(20,572 posts)8. OK - satire