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Posted by rasputin1952 in General Discussion
Sun May 11th 2008, 10:40 AM
tossed out of the Court and into prison, but in all honesty, sadly, I can't see it happening.

People like Scalia have either no morality, or a "morality" that is self generated to ensure they gain at whatever cost to the people around them or the public at large.

Any person that has even the possibility of a conflict of interest, and a moral base, would recuse themselves where their bias might come into play in a decision; Scalia, and his colleague Thomas appear to have no qualms what-so-ever about allowing their personal biases enter the realm of judicial decisions. To me, this makes them unfit for such positions as judgeships at any level, but for them to be on the USSC is the very essence of "activist judges" that the RW constantly claim to be the "greatest horror since the Constitution was ratified". (Which brings up the notion that if Congress did it's job, and enacted laws that served the people, the Court system would not have to make decisions on antiquated and absurdly worded laws. Decisions about "intent" are what Courts are all about, and they evolve as necessary, hence we have decisions coming down from benches on old and new laws alike, often by biased jurists.)

When I look at the Constitution, one of the greatest things about it is it's brevity and straight to the point, in your face, wording. It is open to interpretation as society evolves, (who could honestly say that some people are 2/3 the human value of others today, or that only male landowners have the right to vote for a government that is to serve all of it's citizens?). But most things are pretty well straight in your face, and this is a good thing. Some of the things that give us our Rights are so cut and dried, it is hard to find how some people sidestep them. A prime example:

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.


How anyone can misinterpret that is beyond me, and most other people, yet there are those who scrap it in an instant if they could, (they have been eroding it for many a year, but since we are really the government, so far, we've held on to it, but barely). We can make a difference...but most people today are trying desperately to keep food on their tables and a roof over their heads, they have little time to watch what is happening, and if allowed to proceed, people like Scalia would destroy every Freedom Americans have enjoyed, if for no other reason other than they can. He is that far from a moral base.

In my opinion, there will be vacancies in the USSC over the next 4 years, it would be far easier to appoint judges that have a fair and knowledgeable aspect in how the deal with Constitution situations. The best bet is to outnumber the RW radical "activist judges" and make their views moot. But to do that, we need a president and Congress that will do the right thing...that is where We, the People come into play...and we better work hard to make sue we destroy neo-conservatism this time around.
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