the stones on some people

are amazingly thick and heavy. no?

that ASSWIPE has the NERVE to talk about the united states constitution when he stomped upon it? wow............i'm in disbelief here

Bush's torture lawyer, John Yoo, who is facing an ethics investigation, trashed Sotomayor today
by Joe Sudbay
Last week, the American Enterprise Institute provided the forum for Dick Cheney to give his creepy and disturbing speech espousing the virtues of torture. Today, over at the the American Enterprise Institute's blog, one of the architects of the Bush/Cheney torture policy, lawyer John Yoo, launched an attack on Sonia Sotomayor:

Conservatives should defend the Supreme Court as a place where cases are decided by a faithful application of the Constitution, not personal politics, backgrounds, and feelings. Republican senators will have to conduct thorough questioning in the confirmation hearings to make sure that she will not be a results-oriented voter, voting her emotions and politics rather than the law. One worrying sign is Sotomayor’s vote to uphold the affirmative action program in New Haven, CT, where the city threw out a written test for firefighter promotions when it did not pass the right number of blacks and Hispanics. Senators should ask her whether her vote in that case, which is under challenge right now in the Supreme Court (where I signed an amicus brief for the Claremont Center on Constitutional Jurisprudence), was the product of her “empathy” rather than the correct reading of the Constitution.......

sonia sotomayer

i will attempt to keep an open mind here. she certainly HAS the credentials (unlike let's say harriet miers). i am half excited and half pissed.

she made the ABSOLUTE WRONG decision on a case close to home. it's called 'the douche bag' case. a connecticut high school student referred (NOT by specific name(s)) to her school's administrator(s) as douche bags because they had put some type of music presentation on hold or cancelled it. she did this on her OWN personal blog OFF OF SCHOOL GROUNDS. not too many people saw it. a handful. she ran for student office and was elected. as punishment THE EFFING DOUCHE BAGS (i'm not in high school, i can call them douche bags) wouldn't allow her to assume her office. as i said, EFFING DOUCHE BAGS. you can read the entire story at the cool justice report. and more here. andy thibault has done a grand job of reporting this travesty of justice.

p.s. - so i hate to say this. am i glad his nominee is a woman? yes, i am. like i said, i HATE that it matters (to me). although i take comfort in knowing the woman MUST be able to do the job.

Sotomayor’s Anti-Student “Douchebag” Ruling

again, i will try to keep an open mind here. i WANT her to be great. i want obama's decision to be THE right one (then again, a lot of the decisions he's made are NOT the right ones in my personal opinion. i knew that going in though. i didn't know to what extent though)

Sotomayor’s Rulings Are Exhaustive but Often Narrow
By ADAM LIPTAK
WASHINGTON — Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s judicial opinions are marked by diligence, depth and unflashy competence. If they are not always a pleasure to read, they are usually models of modern judicial craftsmanship, which prizes careful attention to the facts in the record and a methodical application of layers of legal principles.........

Obama Hails Judge as ‘Inspiring’

By PETER BAKER and JEFF ZELENY
WASHINGTON — President Obama announced Tuesday that he would nominate Sonia Sotomayor, a federal appeals judge in New York, to the Supreme Court, choosing a daughter of Puerto Rican parents who was raised in a Bronx public housing project to become the nation’s first Hispanic justice............

First Latina Picked for Supreme Court; GOP Faces Delicate Task in Opposition

By Shailagh Murray and Michael D. Shear

Washington Post Staff Writers
President Obama nominated federal judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court yesterday, putting her in line to become the nation's first Hispanic justice and creating a difficult political equation for Republicans as they weigh how aggressively to fight her appointment. .........

wow, the us supremes FINALLY

strapped some on and made a rather GOOD decision. if there is probable cause AND a warrant, i'm all for searches. if there is not, then keep your hands to YOURSELF


Supreme Court Limits Warrantless Car Searches

By Robert Barnes

Washington Post Staff Writer
The Supreme Court yesterday sharply limited the power of police to search a suspect's car after making an arrest, acknowledging that the decision changes a rule that law enforcement has relied on for nearly 30 years. In a decision written by Justice John Paul Stevens, an unusual five-member majority said police may search a vehicle without a warrant only when the suspect could reach for a weapon or try to destroy evidence, or when it is "reasonable to believe" there is evidence in the car supporting the crime at hand......

if this isn't cause for a supreme court review

i sure as shite don't know WHAT the f**k is. i distinctly remember SOMEWHERE - there's supposed to be a separation of church and state. or did i drop one too many hits of acid back in the day (that's humor by the way. the ACID part that is)

for today's GIANT WTF award, i present the us supreme court

(for the record, i have NO problems the man was found guilty. i DO have a problem if his sentencing was based on WORDS FROM THE BIBLE. A BOOK BY MAN FOR MAN)

Supreme Court declines review of case where jurors consulted Bible

By Raw Story
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a case which rendered the death penalty after jurors reportedly consulted the Bible.

“In the appeal, Khristian Oliver’s defense said jurors reviewed a biblical passage stating that a murderer who used an iron object to kill ’shall surely be put to death.’ Jurors were deciding whether to sentence Oliver to death for shooting and bludgeoning his victim with the barrel of a gun,” reported the Associated Press.

“The court previously has said jurors should base their verdicts only on evidence presented in the courtroom,” the service noted..............

4,204*

katrina, floods all over, wildfires in california (and elsewhere), poverty, unemployment, financial ruin, foreclosures, homelessness, a current government made up of liars, thieves, dopes, id-jits, scum

and the supreme court is going to hear a case over a bare nipple that was on tv for a matter of a second or two?

is that nip what caused our downfall? NOW i get it! that 'splains EVERYTHIN lucy!

Janet Jackson's 'Nipplegate' case could reach US high court
The US government has asked the Supreme Court to reimpose a half-million-dollar fine slapped on CBS television for a 2004 broadcast of live images of pop star Janet Jackson's breast, court documents obtained by AFP show.

It is up to the Supreme Court to decide whether it will consider the request.

Prosecutors are asking the high court justices to weigh in on a case that raised eyebrows and stirred passions in the United States, where nudity on non-pay television is a no-no in advertising, while rare and limited to late-night hours in television series.

Jackson was performing live at the Superbowl when the attention-getting move took place, in a routine featuring her and fellow performer Justin Timberlake........

*oh, 4,204 are the number of our men and women who were sent to their deaths in iraq