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To: Equine1952
We need another Scalia.

No.

We need another Thomas.

He is the one who is willing to look at past decisions and say, this is wrong.

Scalia was a bit to enamored of stare decisis.

13 posted on 06/28/2018 10:34:58 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies!! Or maybe midgets....)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Rumors are he wants to retire. Justice Thomas should have to find 3 more like him to replace Kennedy, Buzzie and Sotomeyer or stay the course. Watch for a replay of his confirmation on Kennedy’s replacement. His was a travesty.


15 posted on 06/28/2018 10:49:15 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Yep. Thomas all the way. Loved US v Lopez


16 posted on 06/28/2018 11:18:10 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
We need another Thomas. He is the one who is willing to look at past decisions and say, this is wrong. Scalia was a bit to enamored of stare decisis.

Agreed on both counts. I wish we could clone Thomas.

When the court gets more "conservative", there are going to be consequences, both good and bad. Had the "conservative" side won in the recent cellphone tracking case, the police state would have had a blanket ability to go back in time and monitor a given person's movements for months and months, without even bothing with a warrant.

Overall, I think having a more conservative court will be good for the republic, but there are dangers there as well.

40 posted on 06/29/2018 7:45:59 AM PDT by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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