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treestar

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16. Even they would not risk their credibility on something like this

Reply to socialist_n_TN (Reply #15)

Sun Dec 1, 2013, 03:01 PM

Dec 2013

First Amendment jurisprudence is way more sophisticated than would allow for that.

Even during the Chimpadministration, the Court invalidated some of his efforts to claim he could hold unlawful combatants, etc.

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Fascism is in the march again n/t CFLDem Dec 2013 #3

So next time someone starts calling us a fascist state treestar Dec 2013 #4

so you think this is the only indication of fascism??? Yikes cali Dec 2013 #6

You don't if you are saying the US has any characteristics of that treestar Dec 2013 #10

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Has the Senate passed it and the president signed it? treestar Dec 2013 #11

Well for that matter, neither has the Spanish Parliament........ socialist_n_TN Dec 2013 #14

And BTW, how do you know the SCOTUS wouldn't approve....... socialist_n_TN Dec 2013 #15

Even they would not risk their credibility on something like this treestar Dec 2013 #16

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Looks like it. geomon666 Dec 2013 #9

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