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Justice Scalia: One of the Great SCOTUS Jurists of the 19th Century (Original Post) Stallion Feb 2016 OP
:applause: !!! elleng Feb 2016 #1
He was the Argle Bargle Man, the right-most saltpoint Feb 2016 #2
His legacy RobertEarl Feb 2016 #3
I'd bet fifty bucks hifiguy Feb 2016 #4
If we have nothing good to say, we should say nothing at all. Sparkly Feb 2016 #5
The kindest thing I can say tech3149 Feb 2016 #7
Listening to MSM, Scalia katmondoo Feb 2016 #6
Well, that's certainly a bunch of jiggery-pokery. kath Feb 2016 #8

saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
2. He was the Argle Bargle Man, the right-most
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 08:09 PM
Feb 2016

feathers of the right wing ideology that sought to impede forward progress, an enemy of the marginalized, the poor, and under-privileged.

I assure you that's the PG version. Justice Scalia wouldn't have liked my original one little bit.

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
3. His legacy
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 08:12 PM
Feb 2016

In a 5-4 vote the SCOTUS in 2000 defeated Al Gore's winning presidential campaign by refusing to allow Florida to have a fair recount of the vote. Scalia was a leader of this action even going so far as to say that a recount would hurt bush.

It was the most anti-democratic action ever flouted upon the country, imo.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
4. I'd bet fifty bucks
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 08:14 PM
Feb 2016

he sat up at night looking for loopholes in the Emancipation Proclamation.

Twenty pounds of shit in a five pound sack. May he rot in pieces.

tech3149

(4,452 posts)
7. The kindest thing I can say
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 09:08 PM
Feb 2016

is that I'm glad he's dead and I didn't have to make it so.

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