Rehnquist dead

[joncha]

You thought wrong, sir.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Ming
Then you will have to ask UR why he topped it... an American didn't

I was expecting this thread to turn into a debate of who should be appointed, etc. Though so far this hasn't happened.

[Agathon]

I hope Bush appoints a total right-wing ****bag. The sooner the stupid court is seen as irrelevant and removed or curtailed, the better. Most people won't stand for the flagrant bigotry the Republican right wants to unleash on your country.

[DinoDoc]

Yeah, I hope he doesn't appoint another Souter as well Aggie.

[OzzyKP]

[QUOTE] Originally posted by Agathon
I hope Bush appoints a total right-wing ****bag. The sooner the stupid court is seen as irrelevant and removed or curtailed, the better. Most people won't stand for the flagrant bigotry the Republican right wants to unleash on your country. [/QUOTE

Yea, its about time we get rid of that messy system of checks and balances. The sooner we get that dictatorship of the proletariat the better.

[Mao]

Originally posted by Agathon
I hope Bush appoints a total right-wing ****bag. The sooner the stupid court is seen as irrelevant and removed or curtailed, the better. Most people won't stand for the flagrant bigotry the Republican right wants to unleash on your country.

Be that as it may, I would contend that most such people unfortunately probably don't live in the US...so it'd be a moot point.

[Nikolai]

Thnis guy obviously was well known? Anyway, always a sad thing when a person dies...

Seeing he was a Chief Judge, this means Bush will get to appoint a new guy pretty fast then? I remember there was some talk of the Liberals vs Conservatives and who should have the majority some time back. Well, how much I think Bush's people isn't always the best guys, I hope a Conservative or at least somewhat conservative wins. Good luck to the government in finding a good replacement!

[Atahualpa]

Double standards or what? Can someone detop this, please?

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by techumseh
So if the Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court drops dead, will my thread be topped? Or the British Lord Chief Justice?

if our chief justice died a thread on it would be spam even in Australia - Murray who?

we're not a litigious society and our constitution doesn't have a Bill of rights. The Australia High court is basically there to adjudicate states rights and the powers of the federal government.

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by Atahualpa
Double standards or what? Can someone detop this, please?

Who's having double standards?

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Agathon
I hope Bush appoints a total right-wing ****bag. The sooner the stupid court is seen as irrelevant and removed or curtailed, the better.

Yes, especially all that irrelevant Civil Rights nonsense they supported.

We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. This disposition makes unnecessary any discussion whether such segregation also violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

http://www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html

They aren't always Posse Comitatus members in drag.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Ming
Then you will have to ask UR why he topped it... an American didn't

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Agathon
I hope Bush appoints a total right-wing ****bag. The sooner the stupid court is seen as irrelevant and removed or curtailed, the better.

...

You really are an idiot, aren't you. The SC is the strongest defender of our liberties we have.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Agathon
I hope Bush appoints a total right-wing ****bag. The sooner the stupid court is seen as irrelevant and removed or curtailed, the better. Most people won't stand for the flagrant bigotry the Republican right wants to unleash on your country.

You're not from around here are you?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
You really are an idiot, aren't you. The SC is the strongest defender of our liberties we have.

I'm sure Dred Scott and Plessy agree.

Speaking of Black people. According to an article in Playboy I read in the 80s, Rhenquist's job, before he became a judge, was making sure that all Black voters in Arizona were challenged or scared off from voting.