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Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 28 Jun 2002 15:56:36 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
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> > Especially after their (US Supreme Court) *last* ridiculous ruling (executing
> > the mentally retarded), citing "a national concensus"-- how could the SC rule
> > *against* the "in God" inclusion then? They have tied their own hands on this
> > issue, one would suppose.
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> Actually, it was about *NOT* executing the mentally retarded, but your
> point is off-the-mark at any rate. Scalia castigated the SC for what he
> perceived as an attempt to establish a national consensus where none exists.
> If that's the case, then there should be no problem for the SC to
> "establish" a national consensus that it's unConstitutional for Congress to
> have included "under God" in The Pledge.
Well, he *was* writing the *dissent*... My point was the the majority used the
concept of a national consensus for justification. If *that's* valid, then I
would think that that justification would apply to the pledge case as well
(where I think we'd both agree a consensus *does* exist)
But its probably a moot point anyway (since the 9th CC judge stayed his own
ruling).
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> > But then again, I'd never underestimate the hypocrisy of liberal judge and his
> > desire to legislate from the bench....
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> And I can't imagine anything more galling than such a judge, except
> perhaps a conservative President attempting to establish an
> uber-Constitutional strike force--thank goodness that'll never happen...
As far as you know;-)
> Conservatives are certainly no less hypocritical than Liberals--judges or
> otherwise. The difference is that you seem to agree with (and therefore
> excuse) conservative hypocrisy.
Fair enough. Politics. What a concept.
-John
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