Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Do you want Obama picking the next Supreme Court?
The Supreme Court in a recent and narrow 5-4 decision (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/23/supreme-court-orders-california-to-free-40000-prisoners/) has ruled that the State of California must release about 40,000 prisoners in two years. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority decision. The usual liberal and ACLU-inspired drivel, prison overcrowding, lack of full medical attention, constitutional violations but it was really a cruel and unusual decision for the people of California. Point I'm getting to is new justices and Obama appointees Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan BOTH joined in the majority. Remember them? they were supposed to be centrists, not scary at all. Well the decision merits a blog unto itself but IF the GOP nominees were smart and that's a big if they'd run with this front and center. I'm expecting alot I know.
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I wonder how many of those criminals are imprisoned for non-violent drug offenses. What a waste of money jailing those folks.
ReplyDeleteAfter the SCOTUS decision on big biz (you know..We the corporations of the United states, in order to
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yes, I want Obama appointing SCOTUS.
I am with you BB... remember when Roberts was approved after he said he respected settled law and the concept of Stare decisis...
ReplyDeleteHow'd that turn out?
As for the CA Prisons, I am thinking we could probably let a lot of senior citizens out and allow them to die around their families... I am doubting they still constitute a threat to the community.
All continuing to keep them incarcerated at state expense accomplishes is to take up space and waste declining taxpayer dollars so we can exact our continuing pound of flesh.
Do I want Obama picking the next Supreme Court? Hell, no.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Beth on this one.
ReplyDeleteHis picks thus far haven't changed the balance. And, while the point that BB raises is a great one, the alternative is not that great either.
ReplyDeleteConsider DC v. Heller decision (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller).
I don't know about you but to have something so codified, so fundamental as the 2nd Amendment upheld by one vote does not exactly inspire confidence that these people on either side of the aisle really know what the fuck it is they are doing.
40,000 prisoners, let that number sink in for a minute. Swirl it around in your mouth but I could take Dave's concerns and soap's as well but you still can't tell me 40,000 doesn't constitute a threat to public safety. Also we are supposed to have 3 co-equal branches of government, executive, legislative and judicial. Executive is to uphold the laws so seems to me the judicial is interfering here and vastly overreaching its bounds. Interesting to see how CA long a Democratic stronghold will vote next time around once the rapists and murderers and drug dealers start roaming around. The biggest point here is when Sotomayor and Kagan were nominated we heard yeah maybe they're a little on the liberal side of the ledger but it's not scary liberalism or radical liberalism. The SCOTUS decision is outrageous and should mean Obama's defeat.
ReplyDeleteI was surprized to see Clarence Thomas coming down against the majority
ReplyDeleteon violent electronic games. (?!)
I read about that yesterday and even Antonin Scalia brushed aside socially conservative concerns. I think it was the right decision. Intellectual point though, why are sexual and violent material different when it comes to who can buy them?
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