Opinions Of Difference
From Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dissent to the US Supreme Court’s opinion striking down the key portion of the Voting Rights Act:
Throwing out the Voting Rights Act when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.
One Tough Old Bird
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It’s been said enough that sometimes I even buy it: the differences between the Democrats and the Republican can be measured by the thimbleful.
Well, you can take that stale canard and shove it right up your Supreme Court.
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You Can’t Tell The Justices Without A Scorecard
Here are your Reagan/Bush/Bush US Supreme Court justices:
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Antonin Scalia
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Anthony Kennedy
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Clarence Thomas
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John Roberts
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Samuel Alito
And here are the justices nominated by presidents Clinton and Obama:
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Stephen Breyer
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Sonia Sotomayor
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Elena Kagan
I ask you, who would you rather spend a summer evening drinking shots and beers with: Ginsburg or Clarence Thomas?
Eek!
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Sex In Tex. Etc.
The Loved One will brain me if I don’t mention last night’s eruption in the Texas Senate. State Senator Wendy Davis earned herself gobs of political points with her filibuster against the state’s proposed abortion-killing bill.
Live vid of Davis’ pals and supporters hooting and hollering over the Senate president’s attempts to squeeze a vote in before the midnight deadline actually drove The Loved One out of bed whereupon she dashed into my garage office, shouting “Are you watching? Are you watching? This is historic! Turn it on!”
I hate to be the buzzkiller here, but there is history and there is Texas history. Leave it to Molly Ivins to educate us:
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Dig, man, the plaster-saint theocrats of the Texas state legislature flat out don’t want women to feel pleasure. Go ahead; argue with me. You’ll lose.
FYI, in case you live in a cloister: a dildo is a dick-shaped implement that many females use for personal reasons. Here is an actual dick:
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You’re welcome.
[This just in: Texas men have already declared war on Davis. Or maybe this is just a side battle in their ongoing War on Women. Anyway, Davis’ Fort Worth office was firebombed overnight. Nothin’ sez “pro-life” like throwing a firebomb.]
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Buon Giorno Mike: I’ll pitch in with 3 comments. I think the Supreme Court got it right on the voting rights case. Let’s assume the glass is half full and trust the legislatures not to pass discriminatory voting laws; if they do there is still redress through the courts. I would like to have dinner with either Justice but I would prefer Clarence because in my experience minority people are more fun than white people. Last, I think if a woman cannot decide about an abortion in 20 weeks perhaps she should heed what her conscience is trying to tell her, that is assuming that her conscience is causing the indecision.
Glitch on the 20-weeks abortion ban: medically necessary abortions to save the mother’s life may occur later than 20 weeks. Will you prefer one death – already mandated by Nature – or two?
Good point, if there is no exception in the law for medically necessary abortions it is a good thing it did not pass.
Mariner, you are a mensch.