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'tis the season for a Supreme Court retirement (vanity)
None ^ | 6/3/06 | Dan

Posted on 06/29/2006 8:54:45 PM PDT by dangus

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To: syriacus
Retirement speculation notwithstanding, I might concur with your first supposition.

"Nancy Boys" can be rather prissy....

21 posted on 06/30/2006 6:15:41 AM PDT by TeleStraightShooter (The Right To Take Life is NOT a Constitutional "Liberty" protected by the 14th Amendment)
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Scalia's having too much fun to retire. You can tell he loves his job. And he looks extremely healthy. We need his brilliance a while longer.


22 posted on 06/30/2006 6:22:48 AM PDT by blitzgig
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It would be mind-jarringly stupid to train a guy who's going to outlast them by more than twenty years and who is slavishly dedicated to stare decisis for the integrity of the court to regard their opinions as infantile, personal, petit issues.
23 posted on 06/30/2006 7:52:58 AM PDT by dangus
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This post has been republished at the confirmthem blog site.


24 posted on 06/30/2006 8:15:12 AM PDT by dangus
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t would be mind-jarringly stupid to train a guy who's going to outlast them by more than twenty years and who is slavishly dedicated to stare decisis for the integrity of the court to regard their opinions as infantile, personal, petit issues.

I'm sorry. I don't catch your drift....Could you explain what you mean, for a slower person like me?

25 posted on 06/30/2006 8:18:48 AM PDT by syriacus (Are "anti-tribunal" justices exhibiting "Chiefness" envy of Chief Justice John Roberts?)
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Well, checks and balances are about balancing opposing forces. If they see themselves as some kind of a check against Roberts, then they see themselves as opposing Roberts, and doing so on completely illegitimate grounds. Roberts, by nature, likes to govern by consensus and, as a matter of legal philosophy, hates to overturn an earlier decision by the Supreme Court. Waging a petit war against Roberts could help him become a more strident conservative. And since he will inevitably outlast the three justice-bandits, turning him more conservative could only be devestatingly counter-productive.


26 posted on 06/30/2006 8:25:38 AM PDT by dangus
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Emotions ran high at the court
As Stevens wrote out his retort
With ***shotgun** precision
To Roberts' decision.
Lasers are not Stevens forte.

**heh-heh**

27 posted on 06/30/2006 8:35:00 AM PDT by syriacus (Are "anti-tribunal" justices exhibiting "Chiefness" envy of Chief Justice John Roberts?)
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I appreciate your explanation. What you say makes sense. Thank you.


28 posted on 06/30/2006 8:36:32 AM PDT by syriacus (Are "anti-tribunal" justices exhibiting "Chiefness" envy of Chief Justice John Roberts?)
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You're very welcomed. It's almost disarming that someone simply ask for an explanation on FR. =^D


29 posted on 06/30/2006 11:54:15 AM PDT by dangus
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It's almost disarming that someone simply ask for an explanation on FR. =^D

When we were newlyweds, my mother-in-law repeatedly told my husband and me that, in many situations, it's better to ask questions, than pretend to understand something.

It's nice to know that people like you are willing to take the time to explain your ideas.

30 posted on 06/30/2006 1:22:41 PM PDT by syriacus (Are "anti-tribunal" justices exhibiting "Chiefness" envy of John Roberts?)
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