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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:04 PM
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The New Palin Shoe Dropping -- She Can't Name More Than One Supreme Court Decision
other than Roe v. Wade.

:wow:

Of concern to McCain's campaign, however, is a remaining and still-undisclosed clip from Palin's interview with Couric last week that has the political world buzzing.

The Palin aide, after first noting how "infuriating" it was for CBS to purportedly leak word about the gaffe, revealed that it came in response to a question about Supreme Court decisions.

After noting Roe vs. Wade, Palin was apparently unable to discuss any major court cases.

There was no verbal fumbling with this particular question as there was with some others, the aide said, but rather silence.



http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908/In_reintroduction_Palin_to_do_more_interviews_and_tell_her_story.html?showall
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mikiturner Donating Member (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:05 PM
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1. Jeebus
That is just pathetic.
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:05 PM
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2. Helloooo?
What about BUSH v. GORE??????
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:00 PM
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92. Sarah's Answer Would Probably Be
Why should the SCOTUS decide who is the better NFL Running Back? This is typical example of waste of the taxpayer's money.




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smoochpooch Donating Member (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:27 PM
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102. Clearly it's Frank "The Inconvenient Truth" Gore! n/t
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 06:36 PM
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187. They are working, really hard, to forget that case
Lisa, the complete destruction of the Republican Party can be laid at the feet of that decision. Were it not for Bush v. Gore, America would:

* not be on the verge of the Second Great Depression
* not be losing two different wars
* have a very large budget surplus, not the biggest deficit ever
* still have the Twin Towers
* not have been embarrassed by the president's obscene hand gestures and falling-down drunkenness at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony

Given all that, would YOU want to admit the Supreme Court installed that man into the Oval Office?
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Bubbha Jo Donating Member (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:06 PM
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3. Can't wait for this vid to run around the net ; )
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bigdarryl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:07 PM
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4. DU'ers don't fall for this shit there lowering the EXPATIATIONS game
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Catch22Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:07 PM
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5. I don't understand how she even gets her shoes on the right feet
Let alone name court decisions.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:30 PM
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73. She has the shoe sales person mark them R or L
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road2000 Donating Member (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 08:10 AM
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178. Condi's her advisor. n/t
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:07 PM
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6. Well, what with all the time she spends monitoring our air space for Putin's rearing head, one can
hardly expect her to keep up with such "Inside the Beltway," "Washington Establishment" institutions as the Supreme Court.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:08 PM
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7. Not even Brown vs Board of Education? Bush v Gore Hello?
Now that is sad.
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endthewar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:19 PM
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140. Agreed. Lieberman should have briefed her on the Hamdan case.
Kills two birds with one stone. She can name another Supreme Court case and she can also try to sound like she's thought about national security matters.
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:46 PM
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147. I'm a little saddened she didn't praise 'Exxon v Bear' n/t
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:08 PM
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8. Her degree was in journalism, not Law !! *sarcasm*
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:17 PM
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28. Her degree was in "communications", not journalism.
In communications you learn the finer points of teleprompter reading and putting on makeup for the camera.
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Kalyke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:47 PM
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110. Actually, that's not true.
Edited on Mon Sep-29-08 07:47 PM by Kalyke
My degree is in Communications - my emphasis was in journalism/print news.

And, when I went to school, I had to have more course hours than all my business major friends. I also was required to do an internship, which increased my time spent attending classes from four years to five (I worked, too, to pay the bills and couldn't take 18 course hours, weekly).

That said, I also didn't skip around to five schools in six years and I graduated with honors and Chancellor's citations.

Communications can be a particularly demanding major. I really don't see how Churchy Spice graduated in it at all.
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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:03 PM
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129. Churchy Spice! Bwaaahaaa!
First time I heard that one!

:rofl:
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:05 PM
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130. Probably depends a lot on WHERE you get your degree, lol.
Palin went to some pretty low-tier schools, including community colleges. Somehow I doubt she went through a rigorous program.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:08 PM
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9. I can name at least five off the top of my head.
:banghead:
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:27 PM
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64. To be honest, this isn't getting to be all that funny anymore.
Hell, I can name 5 cases off the top of my head. Hell, we ALL can. And none of us is striving to be Vice President of the United States.

I mean, we can laugh at Tina Fey. But this is just getting more and more ridiculous.

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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:32 PM
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75. No kidding.
I summarized the Palin effect the other day:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=8126330&mesg_id=8126374
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FloridaGrl Donating Member (615 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 08:06 AM
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177. and you aren't running to become vp
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:08 PM
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10. she had CUE CARDS!!!!!!!!!!
Geez.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:13 PM
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20. LOL! That makes it even more pathetic! nt
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DeschutesRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:34 PM
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78. I had heard she had notecards
and have been carefully watching while the MSM keeps replaying excerpts of her interviews. And I think it is right - she keeps noticeably looking down, then quickly up she comes with some stupid nonsensical phrase totally unrelated to the question. And repeat and repeat.

I have seen plenty of lousy presidential candidates in my years on the planet, but nothing prepared me for the risk to my nation of the candidacy of John McCain. It actually frightens me at times. I have no explanation for the deranged mental state of anyone who at his age, would put up someone like Palin for the vp role.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 08:17 PM
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122. Definitely. When she said that ridiculous thing about the bailout being for healthcare reform
she glanced down in her lap and said, "Oh! It has to be about job creation, too!"

She obviously had talking points on cue cards and even with those she can't figure out when to use each talking point. Bailout? Must be healthcare reform!
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endthewar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:21 PM
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141. I must be in bizarro world. Someone please pinch me.
How can the Republican Party in good conscience not immediately call for her resignation? So much for Country First.
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:08 PM
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11. I would like a lifeline Katie..... Brown vs the Board of Education?
Massey vs Ferguson? Gore vs Bush
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:38 PM
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82. Um....
try PLESSY vs. Ferguson.

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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:32 PM
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104. Massey Ferguson is a tractor, heh. I can see myself making that same little slip
I knew what you meant anyway.
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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:09 PM
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12. Cutting her Maximum slack, here's the minimum list:
Edited on Mon Sep-29-08 06:12 PM by Kurt_and_Hunter
Marbury v. Madison
Dredd Scott
Brown vs. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade

Sorry, I just cannot get it below four. That's high school graduation level.

For an aspiring crooked president Bush v. Gore and the Nixon tapes decision should be of practical interest.

(I think there are about 50 an average VP candidate should be able to talk about.)
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 08:19 PM
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123. I would think she would have a lot to say about Brown v Board of Ed, for instance.
Most conservatives have a laundry list of Supreme Court decisions they complain about endlessly.
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nam78_two Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:06 PM
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133. At this point I am almost surprised she knew about Roe v Wade.nt
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Binka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 06:47 AM
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172. Her Mother Used It When She Got Pissed " Sarah I Should Have Roe V Wade You."
It's a childhood trauma memory.
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Aqaba Donating Member (781 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:09 PM
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13. City of Wasilla vs. Track Enfield Palin
She couldn't remember that one?
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:05 PM
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97. That was a SCOTUS decision? n/t
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Aviation Pro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:10 PM
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14. She couldn't even cite the decision that put.....
...Preznit Fuckstick in the White House? This woman is a clueless, brain dead waste of a zygote and deserves her moniker: Sarah Pornstar.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:11 PM
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15. What other purpose does the Supreme Court serve, right?
Roe v Wade is it!

I can't wait for the video!
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:12 PM
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16. Let's see how many WE can remember. I'll start - Miranda v Arizona
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rvablue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:15 PM
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24. Brown v. Bd of Ed.
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StatGirl Donating Member (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:15 PM
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26. Griswold v Connecticut
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:18 PM
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32. Griswold v Connecticut
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:18 PM
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34. Bowers v Hardwick
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dave29 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:20 PM
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38. BUSH V GORE
:)
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:20 PM
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39. Brown vs the Board of Education.... Plessy v. Ferguson, n/t
Edited on Mon Sep-29-08 06:23 PM by Ichingcarpenter
typed to fast
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:22 PM
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49. Aah. I forgot about the big tractor case.
Would that be a "Case" case?

(I think that should be "Plessy") ;)
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:24 PM
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55. Yep..... LOL ... But I'm not running a tractor nor for VP.
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:25 PM
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58. You haven't lost my vote.
:hi:
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soccermomforobama Donating Member (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:20 PM
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40. two more here
Plessy v. Ferguson

Terry v. Ohio
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Kaylee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:20 PM
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42. Plessy v. Ferguson...Dred Scott...Lawrence v. Texas....
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:20 PM
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44. Bush v. Gore. n/t
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:21 PM
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47. Korematsu
I see someone already beat me to Gideon v. Wainwright
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Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:21 PM
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48. Marbury v. Madison & Ex Parte Milligan
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FKA MNChimpH8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:24 PM
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56. Marbury v. Madison
Edited on Mon Sep-29-08 06:27 PM by FKA MNChimpH8R
The granddaddy of 'em all.

US v. Nixon was a good one, too.

Pennoyer v, Neff (this one is a ringer, if you recognize it, well, you know who you are)
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:25 PM
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57. Kramer vs. Kramer
Bambi vs. Godzilla (Godzilla won)
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JaneQPublic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:52 PM
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148. LOL!
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:25 PM
Response to Reply #16
59. Tinker v. Des Moines
Symbolic speech, 1969 (protesting the Vietnam war, done by high schoolers with black armbands)
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:25 PM
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60. US v Miller
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:26 PM
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62. U.S. v Nixon
Why didn't she think of that one? :)
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:27 PM
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66. This one's hard to spell, but I remember it because it's
an education case:

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:28 PM
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69. Loving v Virginia
The case that essentially legalized interracial marriage.
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:33 PM
Response to Reply #69
77. Oh that's a good one.
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:25 PM
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101. Thanks. That's another huge one.
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DarienComp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:39 PM
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84. Gideon v. Wainwright
Edited on Mon Sep-29-08 06:41 PM by DarienComp
guaranteed a defendant's right to council.

also Hustler Magazine v. Falwell.
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Mariana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:00 PM
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93. Kelo v. New London
I thought EVERY Republican was up in arms about that one.
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msanthrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:09 PM
Response to Reply #93
98. Cohen v. California---"Fuck the Draft!" n/t
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redstate_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:53 PM
Response to Reply #93
114. Right... Kelo v. New London was a piece of shit
What about Hamdi v Rumsfeld? That's recent, right? RIGHT? Gawd, this woman wants to be Vice President. :wtf:
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:30 PM
Response to Reply #93
158. Oh yes, the "emminent domain" ruling
Edited on Mon Sep-29-08 11:31 PM by Canuckistanian
Seems to me they wanted to use it against Justice Souter.

Actually, it was more a of a 'states rights' issues.
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Maraya1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 07:45 AM
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174. The People vrs. Larry Flint.
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Mariana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:04 PM
Response to Reply #16
96. Flemming v. Nestor
1960. Court stated that no one has a right to receive Social Security benefits regardless of how much SS tax they've paid.
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ima_sinnic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:37 PM
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107. Scopes v State of Tennessee
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 08:40 PM
Response to Reply #107
125. Bonus points for you!
Maybe someone should buy a copy of Inherit the Wind for walking-with-dinosaurs Sarah.
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:51 PM
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113. Gibbons v. Ogden. nt
Edited on Mon Sep-29-08 07:52 PM by deadparrot
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sweetroxie Donating Member (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:56 PM
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115. Ledbetter v Goodyear tire and Rubber
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Doctor_Horrible Donating Member (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:57 PM
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116. Morse v. Frederick... I think Sarah needs some Bong Hits 4 Jesus!
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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 08:15 PM
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121. ...

:spray:


Welcome to DU! :D
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agentS Donating Member (922 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 08:11 PM
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119. Hamdan V Rumsfeld
And that one gun owner vs DC.

We've had some pretty big cases lately.
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racaulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:15 PM
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136. United States v Virginia
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racaulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:16 PM
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137. Lawrence v Texas
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racaulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:18 PM
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139. Clinton v Jones
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:42 PM
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145. Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell
Larry should have his face carved on Mount Rushmore...
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 10:41 PM
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154. Try Exxon v. Baker
See this thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7251173
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nadine_mn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:20 PM
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157. Lujan vs Defenders of Wildlife
I cheat though... I went to law school
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nadine_mn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:32 PM
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159. Had to also add Pennoyer v Neff
oh lord... that was Civil Procedure 101 and we beat that dead horse into dog treats
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PermanentRevolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:52 PM
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162. Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad
One of the most important cases in history, for the following sentence...

"The court does not wish to hear argument on the question whether the provision in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which forbids a State to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, applies to these corporations. We are all of the opinion that it does." - Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite

And with that pre-trial sentence, corporations were granted protection as "persons" under the 14th Amendment.
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Retrograde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 12:54 AM
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164. I'd forgotten that one
until Mr. Retrograde brought it up. And I even live in Santa Clara County.

There's one I'm trying to find: the court ruled that states could not collect exit fees from visitors. I read about it on a tour of the old Nevada State Capitol building (great building, one of my top 5 capitols), but I can't remember the name.
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TorchTheWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 04:44 AM
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165. here's some I remember...
Amchem Products v. Windsor and Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp. -
Consumer rights case resulting in protections for the rights of victims injured by toxic substances.

Mapp v. Ohio -
Protected people from unreasonable searches and seizures by applying the exclusionary rule to state and local criminal cases

Wesberry v. Sanders -
Determined that each person's vote carries equal measure

NAACP v. Alabama -
Protected the right of freedom of association

Abington School District v. Schempp -
Determined that forced prayer in school is a violation of First Ammendment

New York Times v. Sullivan -
Determined public officials couldn't sue succesfully for libel even though the published information was false and establishjed that actual malice/reckless disregard had to be proven
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 07:47 AM
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175. In re: Debs, South Dakota vs. Dole
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nini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:12 PM
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17. Is it really too much to ask for someone in line for the presidency to understand government??????
To understand how laws are made - which ones have molded this country???

Anyone who took a history class should be able to come up with a few at a minimum. WTF????


:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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medicswife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:12 PM
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18. Perhaps this is what CBS is going to run tomorrow night....
After the McCain/Palin interview, CBS announced that tomorrow there will be "behind the scenes" footage of Palin along with her answers to some other questions.

I mean, come on, Palin, just off of the cuff, I can think of Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. Arizona and heck, Dred Scott v. Sanford.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:13 PM
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19. All governors are not created equally
That's for damn sure, after this fiasco.
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Seen the light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:14 PM
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21. I don't understand this article
What context did this happen? Did Couric ask her to name another Supreme Court case other than Roe? I don't get it.
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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:14 PM
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22. Oh dear God, please McSame you're embarassing us with this pick
Come on! I want you to lose and lose bad, but please you're shaming the whole nation.

You clearly don't take this whole thing seriously.

Daivd
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Veruca Salt Donating Member (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 10:03 PM
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149. I actually had to pour myself a drink before going through
this thread....

And THANK YOU! It really is a shame to the nation... my best friend and I were discussing this fact this past weekend and she (European) thought it was a laugh riot. Hell, I think it's funny too, but it's no laughing matter that Caribou Barbie is actually a serious contender for VP!

And now I'll shut up for the night before the gin makes me say something stupid.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:15 PM
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23. That's just pathetic.
Edited on Mon Sep-29-08 06:16 PM by Spider Jerusalem
Anyone who took an American government or US history class in high school, let alone college, should be able to name at least Marbury v Madison, Dred Scott v Sanford, Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education.
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crankychatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:15 PM
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25. She forgot Massey-Ferguson? nt
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HERVEPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:19 PM
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36. That's Plessy vs. Furgeson
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crankychatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:23 PM
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53. massey-ferguson is a tractor company... it was a joke.... sowwy - NT
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:16 PM
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27. "Silence" is really the best
thing coming from palin.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:17 PM
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29. Does she even know what the Supreme Court is? Probably thinks it's a pop music group.
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Vanje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:21 PM
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45. "Stop! In the Name of Love!"
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:28 PM
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67. Thanks - that brings back memories of singing with hairbrush mics! :)
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Vanje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:17 PM
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30. Speechless nt
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crazy_vanilla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:17 PM
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31. that's where going to 5 different colleges just to graduate gets ya
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:23 PM
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52. How the heck did she even graduate from college?
Oh, yeah, didn't she have a D average?
Still, this is a High School level question.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:18 PM
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33. But she can shoot and field dress a moose! And spot Russkies swimming the strait.
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marylanddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:19 PM
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35. Palin is McShithead's "fuck you" to America.
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:19 PM
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37. Plessy v. Ferguson,
Brown v. Board of Education

I'll bet she's getting a crash course of some of these. But, I'll bet she comes down in favor if Plessy v. Ferguson of those two.
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Born_A_Truman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:20 PM
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41. Did she ask if she could call a friend?
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Rectangle Donating Member (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:20 PM
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43. "Katie, " I'd like to phone a friend" !!!!


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:21 PM
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46. Not even the recent Alaska v. United States (2005)?
You'd think she'd know at least this one:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/128ORIG.ZS.html
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:22 PM
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50. Wow.
Granted, I can name a hell of a lot of education cases because of graduate school, but even before that I bet I could name four or five even after a few drinks, LOL.

This is reminding me of a teacher I was observing one time who thought the bar had to do with regulating nightclubs and that Nixon appointed Clarence Thomas.

Sigh.

Granted, she was very young, but still. If you don't know, shut the hell up. Don't tell the kids the wrong damn thing. (It was high school--some of the kids knew better than her.)
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Froward69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:22 PM
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51. ...
:nuke: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :hide: :scared:
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:23 PM
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54. How many shoes does she HAVE?
Obviously more than two.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:26 PM
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63. Imelda Palin.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:29 PM
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70. ...
:rofl:
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:26 PM
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61. Why is it that most of us know more than her?
What about something that everyone knows - Brown v the board of education.

C'mon Sarah, you can't be that empty headed?
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:29 PM
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71. I asked my 14 year old daughter to name any famous
Supreme Court cases and she said "Brown versus the Board of Education." I asked her what it was about and she said "I think segregation, not sure."

I asked her for more and she said "Roe v. Wade." She knew that was about abortion.

My daughter should be VP!!! She named TWO!!!! Still in middle school, yet.
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:31 PM
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74. she's already smarter than palin
and hse's only in middle school.
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:48 PM
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111. Yes, but what foreign countries can you see from your house? /nt
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paparush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:27 PM
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65. What?? She didn't get to use a lifeline? ;-)
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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:28 PM
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68. Holy balls

This woman is a walking pile of STUPID!
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:29 PM
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72. Didn't she even try to phone a friend?
They've got nerve being infuriated at CBS for leaking another one of her stoopid answers. They should be infuriated that she couldn't answer the damn question!
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:32 PM
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76. Taste Great v. Less Filling
I believe Bob Ueker wrote the Majority opinion, although Bubba Smith penned a scathing dissent.
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bronxiteforever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:34 PM
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79. Katie, I totally disagree with the Carmen Miranda decision.
eom
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verges Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:06 PM
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131. I'm willing to bet
she has no clue at all who Carmen Miranda was. But then, that's not really particularly important.
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:34 PM
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80. Um yeah, but that's because she can't see the Supreme Court from her house.
Duh.
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SemperEadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:36 PM
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81. well, what can anyone expect from a shit talker?
all she knows is shit, therefore, all she talks is shit. Like today--she was out there talking all shit about Biden... and the fact of the matter is, she can talk all the shit she wants because come Thursday, she's going to have quite a job polishing those mental turds into concrete, well thought out, experience-based answers... and all Joey the Shark has to do is to sit back and let her hang herself.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:39 PM
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83. I wonder if she's even familiar with the U.S. Constitution.
I'd question her on whether she's even familiar with the most basic rights and powers under our nation's most important legal text.
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:44 PM
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108. That sarcastic remark she made about Obama "insisting on giving
rights to terrorists" or something like that, should pretty much answer that question...
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JohnMcCant2008 Donating Member (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:43 PM
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85. Hmmmm - That's still one more than most of her supporters would be able to name.
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:46 PM
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86. Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauck!
I mean...WTF!?!?!?!?!?!? :wtf:

Most high school students can name at least two supreme court cases!

:wow:
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:46 PM
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87. I just can't get over how this shocks me.
These rulings aren't necessarily arcane legal decisions. They impact people's lives. From desegration to interracial marriage to abortion. Lawrence v Texas impacts not only me as a gay man but gay men and lesbians in this country. It struck down the last legal roadblock to same-sex marriage. Hell, in his hateful dissent, Scalia said as much.
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redstate_democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 08:00 PM
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118. Come on now. You know she doesn't care about gay rights.
Why would she care about a case like Lawrence v. Texas?
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 06:33 AM
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170. I used that as an example. But I'm still shocked at her ignorance of this subject.
Like I said upthread, it's really not getting funny anymore. I'm getting more and more stunned at her obvious unfitness for national office. Especially an office that's a heartbeat away from a 72 year old man who's physical and mental health should be called into question.
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secondwind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:47 PM
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88. McCain/Palin should be glad that they are getting "hints" of what lies ahead..............
be afraid Sarah, be VERY afraid.
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secondwind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:48 PM
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89. of course, who hasn't heard of Bush v.Gore?????????
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:57 PM
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90. OK, yeah, I am a lawyer....and here are a few off the top of my head:
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Mapp v. Ohio
Gideon v. Wainwright
Miranda v. Arizona
Roe v. Wade
U.S. v. Nixon
Regents of CA v. Bakke
Loving v. Virginia

And for any law student and/or lawyer out there, one NONE of us will EVER forget:

Palsgraf v. Long Island RR Co. ~~ The Unforeseen Plaintiff!

:hi:
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FKA MNChimpH8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:35 PM
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105. Justice Cardozo!
I think that was a NY state tort case, IIRC?
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:48 PM
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112. Yep, it sure was Benjamin Cardoza who wrote for the majority,
:hi:
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:39 PM
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144. I learned all those (and a few more) in high school government class, 20 years ago
I learned all those (and a few more) in high school government class, almost 20 years ago. Even if she can't remember the details, the fact that a governor of a state can't even name drop is fucking SCARY. This woman is FRIGHTENINGLY IGNORANT.
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 10:07 PM
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150. It is hard for me to believe that ANYONE who can read at a 6th grade level or better...
...does not know of at least two or three US Sup Ct opinions.

I am tellin' ya...when I heard about this, my jaw hit the floor so hard, it left a dent!

:hi:
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nadine_mn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:39 PM
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160. oh my.... its another flashback
Palsgraf I had to revisit that

It was bad enough I had Pennoyer v Neff flashbacks - mainly from the torture of Civ Pro
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 08:33 AM
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183. Minimum contacts....
...yep, remember that case, too.

On Plasgraf? I live in Calif and went to law school in Calif. My torts prof was from NY and had this horrendous NY accent ~~ could cut it with a knife. I will NEVER forget how he sounded discussing Palsgraf!

:hi:
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 06:59 PM
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91. Some people don't have a world class education
Maybe they're too poor to continue or they don't go far in college because they marry young and begin having children. But that's no excuse to stop learning about the world around them. I just can't understand how someone like Palin would presume to present herself for major public office (even the Governorship of Alaska) without continually improving herself on her own, reading everything about government and law that she can. I would feel completely embarrassed to run for office and have no broad knowledge of government and laws including the history of major Supreme Court decisions, the U.S. Constitution, and major legislation. Palin doesn't seem to have enough intelligence or enlightenment to see how pathetic she is. McCain on the other hand is a long-time politician and should know better than to associate himself with this attrocity.
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:01 PM
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94. Wait just a god-damned minute!
Edited on Mon Sep-29-08 07:02 PM by Codeine
If this is true (and I'm inclined to believe it having seen this stupid bint's performances) then why in the name of All That is Fucking Holy didn't CBS broadcast it?! Why on Earth would they hide something that devastating?

:mad:
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:03 PM
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95. Why hasn't CBS shown it? Why are they taking sides?
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:11 PM
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99. Because they are....
CORPORATE media.
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:21 PM
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100. The Miranda Ruling? Dred Scott vs Sanders?
I mean Geebus!!

:mad:

What is with this clown?
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pdxmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:28 PM
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103. Um...how about Bush v. Gore? That one was kinda important. N/T
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iheartmulletz Donating Member (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:36 PM
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106. LOL- I could only think of Brown versus Board of Education
but at least I got that one (and I am not a governor nor running for second-highest office in the land).
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symbolman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:46 PM
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109. How about US V PALIN?
A bit in the future, after the State funeral and all, when we can stand no more - and we the people take it to the Court to FORCE Palin from the White House.. Does the 14th Amendment allow Stupid people equal rights to rule?

The Bush V Gore was a one time decision, or so they said..

It could work.. :)
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bushisanidiot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 07:58 PM
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117. She wasn't raised to get a passport and travel, or to pay attention to current events
or to take an interest in historical landmark S.C. cases. She was busy working two jobs afterall.

Sounds like the kind of person I want as MY president.

:sarcasm:
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crossroads Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 08:14 PM
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120. She is just another Miss NC beauty contestant! (airhead) nt
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applexcore Donating Member (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 08:43 AM
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184. Thats SC!
We have enough idiots here, no need to take credit for another one.
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crossroads Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 01:14 PM
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185. LOL... accept my apologies - brain freeze - like Palin has! nt
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Left 0f Center Donating Member (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 08:24 PM
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124. Holeee shit. This is so funny.
:rofl: K&R

Love the comments: "McCain's camp is really desperate if they are going to just let this total moron talk. I only have one question for her. What was the name of the dinosaur Jesus rode?"


Ha! :rofl:
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 08:40 PM
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126. Kramer vs. Kramer.
Edited on Mon Sep-29-08 08:45 PM by bleever

Joe vs. The Volcano.

Ali vs. Foreman.

C'mon, Sarah! You can do it!


ed: Bucky beat me to Kramer vs. Kramer above.
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msallied Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 08:41 PM
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127. LMFAO!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 08:54 PM
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128. I left out Quisp vs. Quake!


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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:07 PM
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134. And Bruno vs. Carrie Ann
(Dancing with the Stars mindless summer spinoff).
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verges Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:09 PM
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135. LOL!!
I was a Quisp kid myself.
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Castleman Donating Member (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 05:41 PM
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186. Major, major decision, that one....
it affected breakfast tables all over America. And every day, I shed a tear for poor Quake. Clearly, a superior cereal. Damn SCOTUS!!!!! You BASTARDS!!!!
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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:06 PM
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132. New York Times vs. Sullivan. She'll need to know that one when she tries to sue the media!
Aww ... I'll just cut and paste from Wikipedia:

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), was a United States Supreme Court case which established the actual malice standard which has to be met before press reports about public officials or public figures can be considered to be defamation and libel; and hence allowed free reporting of the civil rights campaigns in the southern United States. It is one of the key decisions supporting the freedom of the press. ...
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TNMOM Donating Member (735 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:44 PM
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146. you beat me to it!! As a former journalist (the only thing I have in common with shitferbrains)..
she should know NYT vs. Sullivan. That's journalism 101. Gawd, she's stupid.
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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 10:10 PM
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151. As a former journalist myself, I concur. Journ 101!!!
They must have talked about that case after Sarah transferred to the next college. And the next college. And the next college. And the next college ...
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LiberadorHugo Donating Member (557 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:17 PM
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138. Off the top of the head of Canadian citizen with just a pre-university law credit....
Rowe v. Wade
Brown vs. Board of Education
Lawrence vs. Texas

I'm half asleep right now...This is pathetic.
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:25 PM
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142. Here's one Sarah: Ali vs Frazier
Down goes Frazier!
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five_horizons Donating Member (128 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 09:29 PM
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143. What about Hustler Magazine v. Falwell? Or Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier?
You would think someone with a journalism emphasis would know about those.
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workinclasszero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 10:10 PM
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152. A person picked off the street at random would be a more knowledgeable, qualified
Edited on Mon Sep-29-08 10:13 PM by workinclasszero
VP candidate than Caribou Barbie. She's a combo of George W Bush's intellect, Dick Chaney's conscience and Karl Rove's morality.

Bush-in-a-dress illustrates perfectly the judgment and leadership capability's of John McCain!
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 10:13 PM
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153. that is NOT a gaffe
a gaffe is when OBama mistakenly said something about 57 states when he meant 47.

she is just a fucking dumbass ignorant asshole. she is the WORST type out there. so sure she is right but so fucking ignorant or anything. and when called on to answer questions she doesn't understand she views it as an attack on her.
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CitizenLeft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 10:48 PM
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155. all of you shame her.
Really. She's pathetic.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 10:52 PM
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156. Hell, even Anna Nicole Smith had a Supreme Court case
Marshall v. Marshall
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Infomaniac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-29-08 11:40 PM
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161. Why do I get the feeling...
Sarah would suck at Trivial Pursuit. Just a feeling. It's embarrassing as an American citizen to see such ignorance about American history on display by someone aspiring to such high office. I don't think Palin could pass a high school competency test. Pathetic.
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That Guy 888 Donating Member (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 12:14 AM
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163. Not even DC v. Heller? There go the 2nd Amendment voters. n/t
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 05:14 AM
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166. And who could forget Falwell vs Flynt?
:P
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LittleWoman Donating Member (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 05:15 AM
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167. Quarrels That Have Shaped the Constitution
is a good and not too difficult read for anyone who wants to learn more about the Supreme Court cases starting with Marbury v Madison. Obviously our little Sarah has not read it but others on DU might find it interesting. It has been around a while and updated but even the earlier editions are good. It should be in most good sized libraries, but not perhaps in Wasilla, AK.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 05:55 AM
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168. Tina Fey won't even have to make sh*t up, just quote the news...
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Danmel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 06:30 AM
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169. they say she minored in Political Science
Not even Marbury vs. MAdision?
Plessy vs Ferguson?
Dred Scott?
Korematsu?
Brown?
Miranda?

She certainly didn't focus on international politics

Transcripts- I want to see transcripts
We now what a C student at a good school got us- what will a D student at North Idaho state get us.
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TheFarseer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 06:41 AM
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171. not even Alien vs. Predator??? n/t
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Essene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 07:42 AM
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173. So, Palin is "back" to being herself? You mean back to lying about her credentials?
They are getting very desperate.
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 08:04 AM
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176. The polar bear killer didn't know about EPA v. Defenders of Wildlife and
National Association of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife?

You'd think that someone who is suing over the placement of polar bears on the endangered species list would have done her homework on past court rulings. But I guess that would be assuming that Palin was even REMOTELY competent.
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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 08:16 AM
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179. K&R
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road2000 Donating Member (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 08:31 AM
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180. Elementary.
Obviously, she was not prepped on a child's garden of versus.
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davidpdx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 08:32 AM
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181. How about the all important case of
Santa Claus V. Easter Bunny

I heard Santa won that case.
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-08 08:32 AM
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182. she couldn't even queue "Bush vs. Gore" in her peanut brain?
Living in Alaska and hunting moose is no damned excuse.
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