Predictions on what rights will be the first on the chopping block

with Herr Alito on the court?

Will it be first amendment rights, or fourth or fifth? Will Alito be the one that will vote to give Our Glorious Leader the dictatorial power he desires? Will women lose the right to choose? Will the states lose control of environmental, labor, law enforcement, or other rights afforded by the tenth amendment?

Will some other justice step forward to play O'Conner's role and foil bush's power grab?

BushCo needs to get Chimpy protected, just in case. Watch for a flurry of Presidential-power cases to shore up the Evil Emperor's hold on power before any attempted impeachment.

to play O'Conner's role (bad as it was!)? I'm afraid we're all out of miracles.

Even though he dissented in Hamdi v Rumsfeld, it was for the resolution of the case not the underlying question and he would not agree with allowing the Executive the right to arbitrarily suspend habeas corpus.

From his dissent:

"Where the Government accuses a citizen of waging war against it, our constitutional tradition has been to prosecute him in federal court for treason or some other crime. Where the exigencies of war prevent that, the Constitution’s Suspension Clause, Art. I, §9, cl. 2, allows Congress to relax the usual protections temporarily. Absent suspension, however, the Executive’s assertion of military exigency has not been thought sufficient to permit detention without charge. No one contends that the congressional Authorization for Use of Military Force, on which the Government relies to justify its actions here, is an implementation of the Suspension Clause. Accordingly, I would reverse the decision below."

.. that he was promised.. no Chief Justice Scalia

Waiter! Reality Check Please!

NOLA residents are going to make their voices heard.

This might be the first real test of Alito and Roberts, but maybe bush will get to use some of the weapon systems they have tested in Iraq.

head no end.

since Governor Kaine, an avowed homophobe, is presenting the Democratic response to SOTU, it is obvious who the first target is going to be.

They have to keep the 5th, for themselves.
2nd, for votes.
So I'll say: more of the First: Speech, Assembly, Press.

want to (choice, gay rights, minorities) without worrying about anyone being able to say anything back.

:scared:

the rich should be able to murder, screw, or enslave anyone they want because, as we all know, they're better than we are so they know what's best for all of us.

and others in the medical field who choose not to do their job because of their "BELIEFS."

My dad used to say, "tighter the reins, the more the horse wants to gallop."


Read all of our Declaration of Independence. It spells out our rights and duties as citizens if our government turns against us.

be met with defiance.

The 2nd will remain intact.
No threat to that one.

for some time now.

some victim.

Roe will be overturned, not because of abortion, but because it was "wrongly decided." That great wrong has to do with the right to privacy. Republicans see the right to privacy as a roadblock for government and corporate control.

Misunderstood: thought topic was "laws on the chopping block", not "rights on the chopping block".

since that's the only one these fucks value
:mad:

rejected gun control.

Thank you for not supporting Senator Kerry's presidency. I'll be out on the street now in a wheel chair.

screwed, but my anger is stronger than my fear.

I channel that fear into fire. And I'll use that fire as energy to beat back what ever the republicans throw at me.

ideas for the 2006 campaign. If we don't take care of the local races, eventually those bad politicians will run for higher offices. We are fighting from the ground up to change the system. If we don't succeed soon, it might be too late.

Dear George,

I've got your back!

Who luvs ya baby!


Ali

minorities, and women.