American Bar Association says Bush is violating the Constitution

[sinewave]

The way I see it is that it's split with one of the Justices slightly swinging left.

Whom are you thinking of?

 

[Armand Z Trip]

the way I see it, there's more conservatives on the bench than liberals.

That's because you are sane. You liberally idealogue!

 

[War Lord]

Whom are you thinking of?

As I said, the court is split in half with Kennedy being the swing vote.

 

[War Lord]

That's because you are sane. You liberally idealogue!

I'm not using idealogue as an insult. It's a term that simply means highly committed to one's ideals.

 

[sinewave]

As I said, the court is split in half with Kennedy being the swing vote.

it appears wikipedia backs this statement.

Although seven justices were appointed by Republican presidents and only two by Democratic presidents, the most common characterizations tend to portray the composition as being balanced, whether it is or is not.[citation needed] Popularly, Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito are generally thought of as the Court's conservative wing, Justices Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg and Breyer are generally thought of as the Court's liberal wing, and Justice Kennedy is considered a moderate conservative, and a swing vote who can determine the outcome of close cases.

 

[maxwell's demon]

The way I see it is that it's split with one of the Justices slightly swinging left.

you see things funny

 

[War Lord]

it appears wikipedia backs this statement.

1. Just because a Supreme court justice was appointed by a particular president, it doesn't mean that that justice shares the same political viewpoint as the president. There are many reasons why a president would appoint somebody who doesn't share his ideaology.

2. Wikipedia is a self-contributed site. Whoever wrote that particular article might see Kennedy as having a conservative bent, but I disagree.

 

[JLBats]

2. Wikipedia is a self-contributed site. Whoever wrote that particular article might see Kennedy as having a conservative bent, but I disagree.

The last argument of the sad lonely individual.

Go into any political page on Wikipedia and make a slightly biased change. Watch how quick they fix it and quick your ass for this.

 

[War Lord]

The last argument of the sad lonely individual.

Go into any political page on Wikipedia and make a slightly biased change. Watch how quick they fix it and quick your ass for this.

All that means is whoever does the "corrections" is correcting it towards his bias.

 

[JLBats]

All that means is whoever does the "corrections" is correcting it towards his bias.

It's corrected by multiple people, and global moderators are placed in to ensure no bias.

Look at the talk pages, and you may start to understand how the whole thing works

 

[maxwell's demon]

All that means is whoever does the "corrections" is correcting it towards his bias.

that might be all it means to YOU, but that's not all it "means".

and frankly, you're WAY off base.

 

[War Lord]

It's corrected by multiple people, and global moderators are placed in to ensure no bias.

Look at the talk pages, and you may start to understand how the whole thing works

Again, what gets laid down simply reflects the bias of those who contribute. It doesn't matter who does the correcting, it simply reflects their bias.

 

[JLBats]

Again, what gets laid down simply reflects the bias of those who contribute. It doesn't matter who does the correcting, it simply reflects their bias.

Wow.

You are a ****ing moron

Nearly everything on Wikipedia has to be sourced anyway. There are no opinions or original research allowed whatsoever.

 

[maxwell's demon]

Again, what gets laid down simply reflects the bias of those who contribute. It doesn't matter who does the correcting, it simply reflects their bias.

sigh....then the same is true of ANY thing that ANY person has said EVER.
so theres not reason to believe ANYONE, i guess.

the circular logic of jonty wins again!

 

[maxwell's demon]

No, Alito is not the swing vote, Kennedy is.

All Alito has done is made it more centred, since there are still three Liberally idealogues on the court.

and as for this..."centred"? Does anyone else find it interesting that Alito was the person who really started up the whole "signing" statement thing as a legal duck-n-cover back in the 80's?

And now he's on the Supreme Court, and you're saying he's made it more centred?

 

[War Lord]

and as for this..."centred"? Does anyone else find it interesting that Alito was the person who really started up the whole "signing" statement thing as a legal duck-n-cover back in the 80's?

And now he's on the Supreme Court, and you're saying he's made it more centred?

No, I'm saying that by the retirement of O'Connor and the addition of Alito, the court overall is more centred.

 

[maxwell's demon]

oh, i just figured if the Supreme Court was being discussed in THIS thread, it was probably so that it could be discussed as it pertained to THIS particular issue.

silly me.

 

[sinewave]

oh, i just figured if the Supreme Court was being discussed in THIS thread, it was probably so that it could be discussed as it pertained to THIS particular issue.

silly me.

you must never question the genius that is jonty. just embrace it.

 

[maxwell's demon]

i really do want to. i really, really do.

 

[sinewave]

trust me, it feels like a muppet caked in ejaculate. you'll LOVE it.

 

[sinewave]

why do my tasteless jokes always kill threads?

 

[War Lord]

why do my tasteless jokes always kill threads?

Cause your tasteless jokes taste like walnuts.

Arsenic joke.

 

[sinewave]

dude, arsenic jokes are soooo early-1900's.