"2000"-The Tenth Anniversary of THE TRAGEDY - Bush v. Gore

[kpete]

The Tenth Anniversary of Bush v. Gore
By Jeralyn, Section Court Decisions
Posted on Tue Nov 30, 2010 at 12:06:23 PM EST


Jeffrey Toobin has a new article in the New Yorker on the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore.
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2010/12/06/101206taco_talk_toobin

This month marks ten years since the Court, by a vote of five-to-four, terminated the election of 2000 and delivered the Presidency to George W. Bush. Over that decade, the Justices have provided a verdict of sorts on Bush v. Gore by the number of times they have cited it: zero.

Jeffrey says the "echoes" of the case are "clearest when it comes to judicial activism."

Judicial conservatism was once principally defined as a philosophy of deference to the democratically elected branches of government. But the signature of the Roberts Court has been its willingness, even its eagerness, to overturn the work of legislatures.

...This, ultimately, is the tragedy of Bush v. Gore. The case didn’t just scar the Court’s record; it damaged the Court’s honor

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2010/11/30/13623/307

[Botany]

1. Thank you SCOTUS

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YalKAPIW8BU/S-wdzYdI4hI/AAAAAAAAAYg/dO8xQHp9Z4I/s1600/oil+bird.jpg

[joeybee12]

2. Yup, by their actions they have blood on their hands...fuckers...nt

[Botany]

3. Can't forget putting the mine owners in charge of coal mine saftey

[Wednesdays]

4. Thank you, indeed!

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.:thumbsup:

[M155Y_A1CH]

6. Kick

:kick:

[madamesilverspurs]

7. And as long as John Roberts

is chief justice, the court will be the primary agency of FUCK YOU. Rhenquist and O'Connor dishonored the court, and forever stained any trust we may have had in jurisprudence.


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