tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post6729347206388195511..comments2024-03-16T08:04:53.086-05:00Comments on Dredd Blog: Hello Big Brother HomelandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-27165096105199025392011-12-03T16:44:12.515-06:002011-12-03T16:44:12.515-06:00John,
It seems to me not to be an issue of being ...John,<br /><br />It seems to me not to be an issue of being brilliant, but one of ingrained constitutional views.<br /><br />Scalia is strong on jury protections (e.g. <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-1632.ZO.html" rel="nofollow">Blakeley v Washington</a>) to the point of voting with the "liberals" on that and some other issues.<br /><br />But there are other areas of law where he does not.<br /><br />Jurists are like that.<br /><br />I take it to be amalgams of experience and social background rather than I.Q., brain size, or heart size.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-23477632623897908782011-12-03T09:39:39.354-06:002011-12-03T09:39:39.354-06:00I'm not smart enough to know whether Scalia is...I'm not smart enough to know whether Scalia is really as brilliant as he pretends to be, but it seems like if he really is that brilliant, he would write more opinions like the exceedingly rare one you link to. What's up with that?John Gibbshttp://johnharkeygibbs.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-29456025138471844922011-12-02T14:17:20.873-06:002011-12-02T14:17:20.873-06:00Here is the lineup of Senators who will go fascist...Here is the lineup of Senators who will go fascist on anything and any of us: <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00218" rel="nofollow">Link</a>Randyhttp://www.peakoil.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-44965665111577567412011-12-02T10:30:57.623-06:002011-12-02T10:30:57.623-06:00John,
Yes.
Read the dissent of Scalia & Stev...John,<br /><br />Yes.<br /><br />Read the dissent of Scalia & Stevens in <i>Hamdi</i>, linked to in the updated post.<br /><br />It is an impeccable, well written opinion by a conservative Justice which the neoCons in the Senate must have overlooked.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-86528343278551939632011-12-02T10:09:50.542-06:002011-12-02T10:09:50.542-06:00Actually, I think the version of the constitution ...Actually, I think the version of the constitution that strict constuctionists use is the one you get by using Google translator to convert it into Greek and then back into English.John Gibbshttp://johnharkeygibbs.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com