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RobertEarl

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3. His legacy

Reply to Stallion (Original post)

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.

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Justice Scalia: One of the Great SCOTUS Jurists of the 19th Century [View all] 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