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Canuckistanian

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Reply to FedUp_Queer (Reply #22)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 08:53 PM

Mar 2012

Why the USSC was allowed any say on this matter astounds me.

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Grrrrrrrrrr: Scalia Rewrites History - Claims 5-4 Bush v Gore Decision - �Wasn�t Even Close' [View all] kpete Mar 2012 OP

K&R Solly Mack Mar 2012 #1

Speaking of P-resident wonder what he is doing these days Giantsfootball10 Mar 2012 #93

The last I heard, he was sucking at whatever he's doing. n/t Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #94

He's not where he should be (if there was any actual justice in America). Solly Mack Mar 2012 #96

He sold the place in Crawford ASAP. harmonicon Mar 2012 #105

how nice, the students invites him to their school and he lies to them Enrique Mar 2012 #2

Hey, Scalia! Vaffanculo! sakabatou Mar 2012 #3

And you thought billybob537 Mar 2012 #4

The name " Bush v Gore " tells us Bush filed the case. How stupid does he think we are? nt Vincardog Mar 2012 #5

Exactly. Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #25

Impeach him for Lying. bahrbearian Mar 2012 #30

I believe he was saying Gore was the first to the judicial branch jeff47 Mar 2012 #34

Yes, jeff47. JDPriestly Mar 2012 #62

The very first legal filing in a Florida court was filed by the Republicans Samantha Mar 2012 #66

I was going to point that out, as well. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #73

Gore followed Florida state law, which is where this case should have remained, Bush took it to Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #6

You got it. CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #10

The logic was FL going to Gore would cause irreparable harm to the Bush presidency jeff47 Mar 2012 #35

It's tragic that they never considered irreparable harm to Gore or the people Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #86

Scalia is a deluded sack of fecal material or just a lying sack of shit? AlbertCat Mar 2012 #21

He is a Supreme Court Justice CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #37

So? Zoeisright Mar 2012 #51

So was Taney, he ruled that slaves were property Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #87

He's a criminal. He helped steal an election so I guess like all criminals, he does not want people sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #28

Hmm, I didn't know that. Did FL have selective recounting? joshcryer Mar 2012 #36

As I said Gore followed Florida State Law, which allowed counting or recounting only in areas Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #85

The decision on the recount dispute was 7-2. The remedy was 5-4. former9thward Mar 2012 #7

It's just so funny, because as a result, our nation suffered, and as many as a million people died! Gregorian Mar 2012 #8

This should be the number one story in America malaise Mar 2012 #9

But according to the media, Limbaugh's lies are more fun alp227 Mar 2012 #57

Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #11

no true judge would say, "Get over it" in reference to a controversial decison Skittles Mar 2012 #12

and he said it to a room full students ThomThom Mar 2012 #67

Hey Scalia! MrMickeysMom Mar 2012 #13

P.S... MrMickeysMom Mar 2012 #15

P.P.S. : Figlio da putana!!! Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2012 #56

How can these so called Christians Iliyah Mar 2012 #14

The problem is that there are no real consequences for him. LiberalFighter Mar 2012 #29

It's kind of ironic because the wife of the attorney which won the case in Bush vs Gore died on 9/11 Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #88

Here is Scalia's defination of "Wasn't even Close" on Bush v Gore.... LynneSin Mar 2012 #16

Any judge who's ability sulphurdunn Mar 2012 #17

Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #18

Here's an article on the back stage dealings during Bush v. Gore LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2012 #19

Scalia spoke at my law school in 2004...same response MrCoffee Mar 2012 #20

He's spoken at a number of schools. xmas74 Mar 2012 #74

I think the wrong question is being asked. newspeak Mar 2012 #100

Let's just assume it WAS 7-2. Hell, let's assume it was 9-0. FedUp_Queer Mar 2012 #22

Had it gone to Congress, the results would have been the same nvme Mar 2012 #23

It doesn't matter, the point is the SC does not get to decide elections regardless. sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #32

Exactly. Stopping the vote while Bush was ahead is the worst decision Zoeisright Mar 2012 #50

I gotta go with Citizens United as the worst decision since tclambert Mar 2012 #78

Oddly. FedUp_Queer Mar 2012 #91

Or Santa Clara County vs Southern Pacific Railroad nxylas Mar 2012 #99

You are dead on GD right. FedUp_Queer Mar 2012 #90

Good post, thank you. sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #104

+1000 Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #26

Nino The Fixer The Wizard Mar 2012 #24

What an ass clown Scalia is / jimlup Mar 2012 #27

He's counting on the American people having the attention spans of guppies. Crunchy Frog Mar 2012 #31

I don't agree, but it was 7-2 backtomn Mar 2012 #33

That's wrong; 7-2 did not stop the recount BeyondGeography Mar 2012 #81

I can say this because wishing has no practical effect. Deep13 Mar 2012 #38

Funny davidpdx Mar 2012 #60

Vafanculo, Nino. n/t beac Mar 2012 #39

Seven Justices of the Court agree that there are constitutional problems with Fla_Democrat Mar 2012 #40

And let's never forget that one of the direct beneficiaries of Scalia's decision Art_from_Ark Mar 2012 #41

Comrade Scalia is correct JHB Mar 2012 #42

He said the same thing in 2009 on 60 Minutes hfojvt Mar 2012 #43

Quack Quack Scalia has been repeatedly reciting this same bullshit for over a decade now. Lasher Mar 2012 #64

The name of the case "Bush vs Gore" means Bush filed the lawsuit and is the plaintiff Gman Mar 2012 #44

Gore filed the original suit in Florida state courts. former9thward Mar 2012 #70

I stand technically corrected Gman Mar 2012 #84

Someone should tell Scalia: Roe vs. Wade was also "a long time ago," and it was also 7-2. BzaDem Mar 2012 #45

Still trying to cheat there is he. Well we know the truth. His lies are not going to change a lonestarnot Mar 2012 #46

Oh Scalia... if you were not a Supreme Court Justice and said that to me fascisthunter Mar 2012 #47

Lol, you mean he can't count votes either? caseymoz Mar 2012 #48

Fuck you, Fat Tony Zoeisright Mar 2012 #49

+1. RiffRandell Mar 2012 #98

Vast majority of Nation believes... davidthegnome Mar 2012 #52

Wouldn't it be carmic, if President Obama got to replace Scalia in the next several years! madinmaryland Mar 2012 #53

5-4 or 7 -2 doesn't change one thing PatrynXX Mar 2012 #54

This is the second time this fucking windbag has told me to "get over it." Never. Ever. nt Stardust Mar 2012 #55

An awful lot of people really want us to 'get over' that crime. I guess just when he sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #63

I'm still trying to wake up from this nightmare they caused. Stardust Mar 2012 #92

Hold Scalia Accountable YOHABLO Mar 2012 #58

If Gore had been President disndat Mar 2012 #71

Nader made it possible. It wasn't just Florida. Gore wouldn't have needed Florida if he had won libinnyandia Mar 2012 #82

Didn't Nader admitted to disndat Mar 2012 #102

I agree. I wish the Nader apologists could name one positive thing that occurred because of libinnyandia Mar 2012 #103

Every day I hope that SOB will drop dead davidpdx Mar 2012 #59

He really is a miserable waste of skin NICO9000 Mar 2012 #61

7 to 2 said Florida supreme court decides final ruling, 5 to 4 said they would not let that happen graham4anything Mar 2012 #65

AND many states didn't file their results by the deadline anyway underpants Mar 2012 #77

Scalia is old. He won't have the last word on anything abelenkpe Mar 2012 #68

Were his pants on fire at the time that he stated this? RoccoR5955 Mar 2012 #69

I guess it is OK to lie if you are a Supreme? nt MADem Mar 2012 #72

Scalia, the Scoundrel, is the leader of the cadre of the five most dangerous men in the nation. olegramps Mar 2012 #75

Justice John Paul Stevens NAILED IT with his dissent in Bush v Gore: bvar22 Mar 2012 #76

Scalia has now proved he can't do math OR the law. McCamy Taylor Mar 2012 #79

Don't worry fuckface, you will be remembered Rex Mar 2012 #80

WTF!!!!! Initech Mar 2012 #83

Term limits for judges are Madmiddle Mar 2012 #89

The case the should have heard was the violation of federal election law. VPStoltz Mar 2012 #95

Scalia and the other 4 never signed their opinion Art_from_Ark Mar 2012 #97

well, because of their decision newspeak Mar 2012 #101

Lyin' sack Blue Owl Mar 2012 #106