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cureautismnow

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35. What in the world got into Justice Breyer? Siding with the neocons.

Mon Jun 20, 2016, 08:29 PM

Jun 2016

It makes no sense, until I read this:

"Justice Breyer is by many measures more conservative than the court’s three other liberals. He was more likely to vote with Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Kennedy, Justice Thomas or Justice Alito than any of the other liberals. But there was one stark and telling exception: Justice Breyer was less likely than any of the other liberals to vote with Justice Scalia. Those two justices often tangle at oral arguments and often have differing views of privacy rights, with Justice Scalia joining the court’s liberals in Fourth Amendment cases and Justice Breyer voting the other way."

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/06/24/upshot/24up-scotus-agreement-rates.html

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This SCOTUS decision is really, REALLY bad news! Read this from Sotomayer:: [View all] vkkv Jun 2016 OP

Couple this decision with the rise of public prisons where the police are truly now no_hypocrisy Jun 2016 #1

+1! tecelote Jun 2016 #33

Another reason to reject prisons for profit. midnight Jun 2016 #36

Corporate takeover TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2016 #48

Do you have a link to a source? eom guillaumeb Jun 2016 #2

link to cnn story on the issue... msongs Jun 2016 #3

Yes, edited in to OP - sorry................. NT vkkv Jun 2016 #4

Here's a story on it, with Sotomayor's dissent. mountain grammy Jun 2016 #6

The Fourth and Fifth Amendments do take a beating. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #5

SInce 2001 mrr303am Jun 2016 #7

If you have money, the easier it is to exploit your environment. Phlem Jun 2016 #12

I agree with you that will be the way it plays out, mrr303am Jun 2016 #25

Vote democratic to get the senate back and a president who will appoint a rational SC justice. bjobotts Jun 2016 #52

Wait a minute. The Senate Democrats voted last night in favor of secret government lists. Ikonoklast Jun 2016 #54

The "gun question" is pure culture war. And one side is losing... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #55

Fruit of the poisonous tree... 63splitwindow Jun 2016 #8

Police in the south will indeed be gathering some Strange Fruit, sadly... vkkv Jun 2016 #9

Change it up a little ... Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #10

That's not what this decision is about. It's about getting pulled over vkkv Jun 2016 #11

No Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #13

Then anyone COULD be at a place they weren't supposed to be at any time. Walking by a pizza uponit7771 Jun 2016 #17

So what to do? Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #21

Make special provisions by law or get a warrant for the stops for those places not any place... uponit7771 Jun 2016 #22

how could you get a warrant Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #24

A warrant for the place a person is coming from, they stopped him because of where he was uponit7771 Jun 2016 #26

Right Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #32

Hmmmm you have some good points, were's the middle ground.. I'm black, I don't want stop and frisk uponit7771 Jun 2016 #34

Differences Curtis Jun 2016 #40

You are sadly mistaken.... Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #43

I am not Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #50

You are indeed wrong in your premise Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #59

As long as a warrant for your arrest... 63splitwindow Jun 2016 #14

I heard on NPR yesterday there are over 7 million warrants outstanding in the U.S. OnlinePoker Jun 2016 #47

It throws " probable cause" out the window. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2016 #15

How can any sting ever work? Lurker Deluxe Jun 2016 #16

Cause the cops now have 2 trillion "drug houses" or any place of ill repute to claim someone uponit7771 Jun 2016 #19

Presumably you read the decision and the dissents. malthaussen Jun 2016 #20

Yeah. but tell us how you feel, Justice Sotomayer. malthaussen Jun 2016 #18

This can be corrected SCantiGOP Jun 2016 #23

Yes. A solid liberal-leaning majority will fix this. Hortensis Jun 2016 #27

I'm not convinced on that davidn3600 Jun 2016 #28

Agreed! Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #45

the point is, it is not the parties SCantiGOP Jun 2016 #56

It is clearly a violation of the 4th Amendment. Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #58

No argument here SCantiGOP Jun 2016 #60

Ginsburg is notorious loyalsister Jun 2016 #29

So it turns out we were the land of the free marybourg Jun 2016 #30

Papers, Please..... n2doc Jun 2016 #31

What in the world got into Justice Breyer? Siding with the neocons. cureautismnow Jun 2016 #35

Why can't they all be like her? davidthegnome Jun 2016 #37

Exactly!! Thank you! Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #44

What will this mean as applied to free speech issues during the campaign? Ford_Prefect Jun 2016 #38

NPR listen L. Coyote Jun 2016 #39

She used language from black lives matter lovemydog Jun 2016 #41

Now it is official. We are guilty until proven innocent! Silver_Witch Jun 2016 #42

There goes the Fourth Amendment out the window. n/t geardaddy Jun 2016 #46

prisoners in our own homes. Javaman Jun 2016 #49

yes it is still_one Jun 2016 #51

Yep, they keep taking away our rights, bit by bit. lark Jun 2016 #53

HRC 2016 or have the court continue its conservative values ffr Jun 2016 #57