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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:06 PM Original message |
The 5-4 Supreme Court strikes again |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Amazing |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. The majority did not "reason" - it found a way to deny justice to the innocent. Not surprising. nt |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. I thought Roberts was a moderate. At least that's what was |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. No, only when Democrats are in power to we have to pick moderates. |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why am I not surprised? |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. They agreed to hear it to establish precedent. |
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Astrad (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. Simple thought experiment for Roberts |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. aparrently he thinks it depends on which state you're in |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Alaska "outsources" it's prisoners to Arizona |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't agree with the decision, |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. I "heard" you |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yeah, as I said, I disagree with the decision wholeheartedly |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Un-fucking-real. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Kennedy jumped to the right this time. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. That's pretty amazing |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. So it sounds like they are saying, "Let the Sates decide." |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yes, that's what I got out of it, too. nt |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. Present version of the felonious five practicing perversion and malfeasance of their oaths |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. Thay is pure fucking evil. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. WTF providing evidence that clears the defendant |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. I understand the points people are making here, |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. A Supreme Court case is never about a particular person, it is about setting a precedent |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I know, I know... |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I agree they probably should have chosen a different defendent |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. The DNA test used at the time *WOULD HAVE BEEN POSITIVE* for *1 IN 6* African-American men! |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. better to keep 100 innocent men in prison than to risk freeing 1 innocent man. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. it should be mandatory in any case where it could determine the outcome |
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