A Forum for Grinches and Ho-Ho-Hoes

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
So could Alabama require everyone to register and pick a religion? - it can be any, as long as you pick one.

As much as I appreciate the strict constructionist view, I think "relgion" should be read "religion(s)". I also think that would raise issues with the right to associate clause.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Which current Supreme Court Justice most closely matches your own philosophy?

Not what I expected.

O'Conner
Rehnquist
Kennedy
Scalia
Stevens
Thomas
Ginsberg
Breyer
Souter

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Skeks in the city
I feel bad for this judge, but if the activist judges provoke the public, they assume the risk of being impeached, being recalled, having courts' jurisdiction restricted by legislatures, outlandish amendments to state or the federal constitutions, being assassinated &c. Boston Globe article

Yeah, right. Similarly, judges on the crim rotation better not get too frisky, or Skek will absolve the rapists, theives, and pedos for their murders, too.

[Skeks in the city]

Originally posted by charlie the crocodile
You are fucking idiot. She was appointed by Clinton but she was a respected magistrate before that and well regarded on both sides of the aisle. There is no rationale that justifies or mitigates what happened here and your post is a shitstain effourt that implies that there is. The only right minded result here is that her families killers are caught, over 18 and executed and before that brutally gangraped in prison.

Maybe, but the only left-minded result is to give the killers a free pass under a Constitutional perversion, like the exclusionary rule.

[Skeks in the city]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Which current Supreme Court Justice most closely matches your own philosophy?
(n.b. -- this reads like lawyers were not particularly involved in drafting it, which is to say that some of the questions are terrible)

Me:
Ginsburg
O'Connor
Breyer
Souter
Stevens
Kennedy
Rehnquist
Scalia
Thomas

Kennedy
Thomas
Breyer
Ginsburg
O'Connor
Rehnquist
Scalia
Souter
Stevens

[Spanky]

Being new, I am still having trouble getting a handle on everyone's personalities and their political persuasion. This Supreme Court thing has completely scrambled my impressions and now I can't remember who is what.

[megaloman]

Originally posted by Skeks in the city
Kennedy
Thomas
Breyer
Ginsburg
O'Connor
Rehnquist
Scalia
Souter
Stevens

Rehnquist
Scalia
Kennedy
Thomas
Ginsburg
O’Connor
Breyer
Souter
Stevens

In an unrelated observation, when I ponder the concepts of the European street or the arab street or international law or opinion or the UN or France (other than when I am drinking Dom or Petrus) i am reminded of George Washington's cautionary warning,

"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government."

I Concur.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Spanky
Being new, I am still having trouble getting a handle on everyone's personalities and their political persuasion. This Supreme Court thing has completely scrambled my impressions and now I can't remember who is what.

I'm the hard-core rightie.

Hence the "O'Connor/Rehnquist/Kennedy/Scalia" top picks.

(I'm fairly certain we're all a bit more subtle and varied than our screen personas might suggest.)

(Well, except for Ty. He's really a loon.)

[SlaveNoMore]

Spanky
Being new, I am still having trouble getting a handle on everyone's personalities and their political persuasion. This Supreme Court thing has completely scrambled my impressions and now I can't remember who is what.

Scalia
Rehnquist
Thomas
O'Connor
Kennedy
Breyer
Souter
Ginsburg
Stevens

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Spanky
Being new, I am still having trouble getting a handle on everyone's personalities and their political persuasion. This Supreme Court thing has completely scrambled my impressions and now I can't remember who is what.

There have been other quizes hereabouts that shed more light than this one.

etfs

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
There have been other quizes hereabouts that shed more light than this one.

etfs

like mine?

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by sgtclub
like mine?

I think Ty's comment was about the light shed upon the results of each participant, not on the test's creator.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by sgtclub
I think there are several things in play here. I do not agree that government derives authority from God. On the contrary, it derives it's authority from the people. But I also believe it is indisputable that this country was founded on a belief of god, and that recognition of that fact by the government does not trigger Establishment Clause concerns. So "in god we trust" and "one country under god" raises no 1st amendment issues. These instances, however, are quite different from the ten commandments case, in that the latter is based on beliefs held by particular religions rather than a general belief in god.

My gut agrees that there is a meaningful distinction, but I lack your confidence that it can be consistently drawn, or that the fact that they are distinguishable saves the vague "in god we trust" utterances.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Gattigap
I think Ty's comment was about the light shed upon the results of each participant, not on the test's creator.

Well, the function and on going value of the test is certainly embodied in it's participants- but I ask you Gatti- can we really ignore the role the Creator had in enabling the test to be?

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Spanky
Being new, I am still having trouble getting a handle on everyone's personalities and their political persuasion. This Supreme Court thing has completely scrambled my impressions and now I can't remember who is what.

I'll take a stab at this one. My apologies to anyone I missed.

From most "liberal" to most "conservative:"

SS
Atticus
GGG
Fringey
Ty/Gatti
SAM
BRC
Burger/Club
Hank
Slave
Bilmore

I have trouble classifying Adder and Skek