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In reply to the discussion: Hey, Democratic Underground! Thom Hartmann called you out! [View all]Skinner
(63,645 posts)20. I think "called you out" has a better ring to it. (nt)
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He really makes a lot of sense; very intelligent and articulate man. I don't,
K Gardner
Mar 2012
#26
He is a journalist. Journalists name their sources when quoting those sources.
Vincardog
Mar 2012
#61
It points directly at the opinions he is disagreeing with, that is what civilized people do. None of
Vincardog
Mar 2012
#65
Please show me where that says "has the power to decide the constitutionality of laws passed by
Vincardog
Mar 2012
#62
is nowhere expressly conveyed. Right there it is settled law. ellisonz is howling at the moon
Vincardog
Mar 2012
#66
Don't you think that if after all this time the power of judicial review was not express...
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#67
The Constitution grants Congress the power to restrain the SCOTUS. Have you caught the Congress
Vincardog
Mar 2012
#68
Excuse me. I thought this whole thread was a constitutional argument. Think anything you want to.
Vincardog
Mar 2012
#71
Just because our government does not choose very often to pass an Amendment...
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#72
Last time I read it, the Constitution said that any authority not explicitly granted as belonging
Vincardog
Mar 2012
#74
If our government was not wholly owned by the fascist corporate machine I may agree with Thom.
Lint Head
Mar 2012
#23
He's correct. SCOTUS even decided that they had the power to unconstituionally appoint a pResident.
Zorra
Mar 2012
#29
Hartmann sounds like one of those wingnuts convinced that income tax is unconstitutional
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2012
#39
Wow, you couldn't be more wrong. But then that is why we get called out I guess.
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#56
Well, it looks like he'll be responding to some of the questions this weekend.
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#78
I knew he isn't right wing; it was his insistence on his unique interpretation
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2012
#79
I don't recall you making a thread of it the many times that Thom has praised DU readers. nt
Gold Metal Flake
Mar 2012
#40
Not a Hartmann fan myself. When I listened to him more than three years ago, it was....
Tarheel_Dem
Mar 2012
#52