Comments on: What Databases Are You Using? We Won’t Tell…

By: watercarrier4diogenes

watercarrier4diogenes — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:24:17 +0000

Excellent question. Let’s all ask Chuck Schumer that one.

By: phred

phred — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:04:36 +0000

Appalling that it was 5-4. How did 4 people who don’t believe in the rule of law end up on the Supreme Court?

By: MarieRoget

MarieRoget — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:57:59 +0000

This is where the MSM could do us all a service by asking McCain about this highly important SCOTUS decision.
Who am I kidding.

Have to drive in to the office now. Justice Kennedy will be receiving an email attaboy later when I’ve got time to properly compose one for not giving in to whatever Roberts’ arm twisting or other “persuasion” was no doubt used on him.

Read you all later.

By: JThomason

JThomason — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:57:44 +0000

What’s the deal here? I thought Yoo got to decide what the law is!

By: martha

martha — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:50:28 +0000

Yes, yes, yes. Some won’t care, but I hope and believe the majority will.

By: 4jkb4ia

4jkb4ia — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:49:40 +0000

(Per brownsox yesterday Chambliss is leading his two Democratic opponents by 15 points)

By: 4jkb4ia

4jkb4ia — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:47:21 +0000

In light of decisions like this it should be shouted from the rooftops that McCain is willing to adopt the entire Bush legal philosophy to get elected. The Democratic majority in the Senate will be comfortable enough to prevent the worst people from being appointed to the Court. But we may get another one or two Robertses, or a Latino Clarence Thomas if such a person exists.

By: BayStateLibrul

BayStateLibrul — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:45:54 +0000

Yeah, a squeaker when it shoulda been a bunny.

By: MadDog

MadDog — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:44:21 +0000

I may have missed including where that part quoted comes from which I believe is this following blurb/semi-footnote: Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch 137, 177.

By: MadDog

MadDog — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:41:45 +0000

And from page 6 in the Syllabus of Justice Kennedy’s opinion:

3. Because the DTA’s procedures for reviewing detainees’ status are not an adequate and effective substitute for the habeas writ, MCA §7 operates as an unconstitutional suspension of the writ.