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Gabi Hayes

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11. the civil war would still have happened, and if it didn't,

Reply to backscatter712 (Reply #8)

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 03:49 PM

Feb 2016

maybe we'd have the south as some backwater banana republic with no resources (except Texas), whose citizens would be much like the wetbacks scurrying across the Rio Grande, trying to suck off the teat of the productive states in the north, bleeding us dry.

Wait a minute! that's pretty much the state of things today.

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IMHO Scalia was the worst Supreme Court justice of all time. . [View all] Stargleamer Feb 2016 OP

Justice James Clark McReynolds oberliner Feb 2016 #1

a good case can be made for him too Stargleamer Feb 2016 #3

Yes indeed oberliner Feb 2016 #5

Well, the country may recover from Mr Justice Scalia. malthaussen Feb 2016 #7

McReynolds was worse than Scalia, but I think Taney beats him out. backscatter712 Feb 2016 #9

perhaps someone else with a 3 letter first name? ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #2

I think if you read about Scalia further, Hortensis Feb 2016 #4

But you do not have the power Scalia had vinny9698 Feb 2016 #6

Yes, I'm definitely too old to make a Hortensis Feb 2016 #15

well I respectfully disagree Stargleamer Feb 2016 #10

I sort of agree with you that hunting can be an Hortensis Feb 2016 #17

He was bad, but not THE worst. backscatter712 Feb 2016 #8

the civil war would still have happened, and if it didn't, Gabi Hayes Feb 2016 #11

Oh, yeah; forgot this part: Gabi Hayes Feb 2016 #13

As someone unlucky enough to be born in the South... white_wolf Feb 2016 #14

I agree he was horrible but he did vote the right way in the Veronica Brown adoption case. StevieM Feb 2016 #12

In modern times he is easily the worst ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2016 #16

Scalia was horrible but let's not overlook just how awful Clarence Thomas is too. (eom) StevieM Feb 2016 #18

Sure, because he's just a clone of Scalia ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2016 #22

Lewis Powell is close to worst. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #19

I would say he was bad but not the worst... LeftishBrit Feb 2016 #20

The Tanney Court confirmed slavery's legality, even in states that'd outlawed slavery Bucky Feb 2016 #21