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oberliner
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Wed Apr-07-10 07:52 PM Original message |
Supreme Court May Soon Lack Protestant Justices |
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DavidDvorkin
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Wed Apr-07-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. I demand an atheist justice! |
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connecticut yankee
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. How about a Unitarian |
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DavidDvorkin
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Thu Apr-08-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. That would be an improvement over the current situation. |
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ehrnst
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. They would just keep saying, "I can see your point" to everyone. ; ) |
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boppers
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Fri Apr-09-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Perhaps a committee to discuss the issue would help. |
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LiberalFighter
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Thu Apr-08-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
47. I would go for a Protestant that goes Atheist. |
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Betty Karlson
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. And why deny me even one person of my faith in the SC? |
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DavidDvorkin
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Thu Apr-08-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. There are only 7 justices in the SC |
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Cronus Protagonist
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Wed Apr-07-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. We need a Buddhist |
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Captain Hilts
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Wed Apr-07-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. All the Catholics are right-wing crank Catholics. nt |
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caraher
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Sotomayor is a RW crank??? |
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Captain Hilts
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I stand corrected! nt |
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Tx4obama
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. The current SCOTUS |
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ElsewheresDaughter
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Phillip and Daniel Berrigan proves you wrong! Oh, as does Thomas Merton and Dororthy Day, JFK, RFK |
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Demeter
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Quick! Appoint some Legal eagle atheists! |
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xchrom
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. Someday -- and I think this will be unfortunately true - |
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HillbillyBob
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. LIke the 200 or 300 seats filled by amBushco |
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24601
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, I could do it, except for law school and all that legal stuff.... n/t |
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Jefferson23
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. lol, good one. n/t |
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RC
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I don't think you need to be a lawyer to be on the Supreme Court. |
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oberliner
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Has there ever been one? |
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SharonAnn
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yes, at least one. Former governor? Maybe Brennan? |
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Jim Lane
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Brennan was most assuredly a lawyer |
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onenote
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
44. no. every scotus justice has been a lawyer |
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colinmom71
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. No... |
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rpannier
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
34. You don't have to have been a graduate opf Law School to sit on the Court |
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onenote
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. correct. but all of those mentioned were in fact members of the bar |
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CTyankee
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. I demand equal opportunity for Unitarians! |
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Solly Mack
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. k/r |
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Atman
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. Good. |
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thesquanderer
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think it's a pretty safe bet that Obama won't appoint a Muslim, though (n/t) |
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Xenotime
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Why not?!? It would help with the world's view of america. |
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rpannier
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Because the republicans and Republicrats |
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thesquanderer
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Thu Apr-08-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
52. maybe, but the bigger problem is... |
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thesquanderer
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Thu Apr-08-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
53. Helping the world's view of America... |
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BrklynLiberal
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. I don't care about the religion as much as I do about the fact that so many were |
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Tx4obama
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. The Justices |
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BrklynLiberal
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Thu Apr-08-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
54. Wow! The Chief Justice info is jaw-dropping!!! |
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UTUSN
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Wed Apr-07-10 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. K&R #7 for, "NObody expects the Spanish Inquisition!1 |
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rpannier
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
37. I certainly didn't |
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Rozlee
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. Why can't someone from my church be a Justice? |
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chollybocker
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Does Mark Foley belong to your church? |
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
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Thu Apr-08-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #24 |
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David__77
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. How about an atheist? |
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Mosaic
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. For Good Reason |
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MellowDem
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Thu Apr-08-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
59. They're still the majority... |
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XemaSab
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. This is fascinating |
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elleng
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
29. WHAT A HEADLINE! |
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ElsewheresDaughter
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. Nothing wrong with a Jesuit education. It is one of the best educations one can get..... |
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boppers
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
35. Article VI, section 3. |
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LuckyLib
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
38. After thousands of white male Protestants in power over the years, I'd be happy to see them |
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Hardrada
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Thu Apr-08-10 02:21 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. As an actual White Male Protestant (Lutheran) |
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MellowDem
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Thu Apr-08-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
60. Well, they're absent... |
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notadmblnd
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Thu Apr-08-10 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
40. It would be nice to have a judge with no religion |
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MellowDem
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Thu Apr-08-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. We probably have had many... |
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Rage Inc.
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Thu Apr-08-10 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
41. the horror, the horror |
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diane in sf
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Thu Apr-08-10 04:02 AM Response to Original message |
42. I'd like to see some animists, Buddhists, atheists and Universal Unitarians appointed |
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Delphinus
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Thu Apr-08-10 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
43. About time for |
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LiberalFighter
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Thu Apr-08-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
49. Make one of them an honorary Protestant. |
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snooper2
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Thu Apr-08-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
50. And big fucking deal...they spent time writing an article on this |
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mulsh
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Thu Apr-08-10 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
51. the plot worked. soon, perhaps within our lifetime the country will |
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treestar
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Thu Apr-08-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
58. Irrelevant, they must apply the law |
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