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27. Then again, judges who serve for life can be as intellectually dishonest and unabashedly partisan

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 08:25 AM

Mar 2015

as they feel like being and nothing is likely to be done about it. Just ask Scalia, Thomas, et al.

Those who demanded and ratified the Bill of Rights in 1789 intended it to apply to corporations? Really?

And that's only one example. Scalia, for instance, has publicly stated that he doesn't even read anything but RW newspapers anymore.

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Ha! Good thing he's not an emperor.... MADem Mar 2015 #1

The day is coming when this one will be naked malaise Mar 2015 #2

That was a visual I did not need. Thank you very much. Lochloosa Mar 2015 #11

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww indeed malaise Mar 2015 #25

Yeah I was thinking this when a nekkid Emperor Christie was mentioned... 47of74 Mar 2015 #30

Rare that any con in any place of authority does the right thing, that it was done here NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #51

Did you HAVE to put that image in my head? AngryDem001 Mar 2015 #16

Here you go. 47of74 Mar 2015 #20

LOL and thanks malaise Mar 2015 #23

Response was "Unusually Muted" misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #3

He was trying to zone communities to keep out the working class malaise Mar 2015 #8

There must a karmic return for all those he has bullied & all misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #17

+1,000 malaise Mar 2015 #21

What? Was this somebody else telling HIM to "sit down and shut up"? calimary Mar 2015 #45

good connection. riversedge Mar 2015 #48

Great, and the 8bln dollar scandal will haunt him too! n/t sadoldgirl Mar 2015 #4

That one will more than haunt him malaise Mar 2015 #7

Who will sue him? sadoldgirl Mar 2015 #13

The NJ legislature is having hearings on this which will set the stage malaise Mar 2015 #24

Love it!... chillfactor Mar 2015 #5

Whoa!!! Stellar Mar 2015 #6

He lost epically! sheshe2 Mar 2015 #9

And then some malaise Mar 2015 #10

Sigh~ sheshe2 Mar 2015 #14

My Republican relatives Thespian2 Mar 2015 #12

Christie also has little support among Republicans elsewhere. razorman Mar 2015 #49

Glad someone stopped him. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #15

Right, but this could have been much sadoldgirl Mar 2015 #18

THIS is why judges should be appointed rather than elected. EEO Mar 2015 #19

Very well said malaise Mar 2015 #22

Then again, judges who serve for life can be as intellectually dishonest and unabashedly partisan merrily Mar 2015 #27

When there is accountability and the judiciary is checked by the other branches it works. EEO Mar 2015 #31

Here in Iowa judges are appointed, not elected. 47of74 Mar 2015 #32

Christie's exampting himself from prohibitions against accepting gifts and favors was bold, to put merrily Mar 2015 #26

Without Getting Too Much Into Policy.... Laxman Mar 2015 #28

Thanks for your input Laxman malaise Mar 2015 #29

By the way, do you realize you're only nine entries away rocktivity Mar 2015 #44

please, get into the policy, because if they're trying it in NJ, they're trying it elsewhere. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #47

I'm surprised he didn't complain about activist judges NewJeffCT Mar 2015 #33

The problem is that he appointed them malaise Mar 2015 #34

Shame and hypocrisy NewJeffCT Mar 2015 #35

True - their only interest is money malaise Mar 2015 #36

Heh. Poor guy, can't catch a break these days... CTyankee Mar 2015 #37

Now, he sinking like a stone in a swamp of his own making. malaise Mar 2015 #39

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The last Crew Christie member who called a judge a liberal activist rocktivity Mar 2015 #43

Morons and bullies malaise Mar 2015 #46