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Should Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan Sit Out Health Care Case?

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True,i also would like ot add the law of the land as well.







Yes its sad that we have Supremes going hunting with Vice President cheney before hearing a case involving cheney at the time of the hunt.Then we have the same Supreme giving tea party…somethings, law classes. Kinda looks kinda slanted to me.


I see, so it's only those conservatives that appear this way to you?


j-mac
 
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I see, so it's only those conservatives that appear this way to you?


j-mac

Any examples of liberal slant that you would like to thow my way?Other than Rowe Wade, which i dont agree with and dont look at as anything liberal.
 
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Any examples of liberal slant that you would like to thow my way?Other than Rowe Wade, which i dont agree with and dont look at as anything liberal.

I'll jump in here. The worse case I've ever seen from the Supreme Court, Kelo vs City of New London. The liberals on the SC ruled that any government entity can take private property by simply claiming that the city will profit from the seizure. Prior to this ruling, the government could only take land for its own use, not a private company.
 
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I'll jump in here. The worse case I've ever seen from the Supreme Court, Kelo vs City of New London. The liberals on the SC ruled that any government entity can take private property by simply claiming that the city will profit from the seizure. Prior to this ruling, the government could only take land for its own use, not a private company.

That ruling sure did suck but it was hardly an ideological ruling, considering that Judge Sandra Day O,Connor wrote the principle dissent in the case, joined by Chief Justice Rehnquist, Justice Scalia and Justice Thomas.
 
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I know I'm late to this thread, but if any 2 justices have a conflict of interest here, it's Sotomayor and Kagan since the court will be ruling on the legality of a law supported and passed by the man who appointed them.

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I know I'm late to this thread, but if any 2 justices have a conflict of interest here, it's Sotomayor and Kagan since the court will be ruling on the legality of a law supported and passed by the man who appointed them.

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You might want to rethink that, considering past rulings that have been made by judges that have LIFETIME seats.
 
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You might want to rethink that, considering past rulings that have been made by judges that have LIFETIME seats.

Please elaborate?

Going back the last decade during the Bush administration, I can't think of any legislation this controversial being brought before the supreme court, where Alito and Roberts were asked to rule on something controversial Bush passed into law. I could be wrong though, and that's why I asked you to elaborate.
 
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Figures... As soon as I ask a question, everyone bails.
 
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Any examples of liberal slant that you would like to thow my way?Other than Rowe Wade, which i dont agree with and dont look at as anything liberal.


So, let's see, I need examples but can't bring up certain examples....Listen, we both know that there have been ideologically driven decisions since the courts inception. Arguing specific cases only clouds the issue we are currently talking about. R v W was indeed one of those cases, Kelo another. If political leaning wasn't a consideration then liberals wouldn't have such a problem with today's court. You, yourself even threw out there that you thought that the court leaned too far right, although its current make up is 5 v 4 which correctly mirrors this country's political make up of Center/Right.


j-mac
 
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