You can't blame them in a way. I mean this is the house that George W. Bush and his father built. Shouldn't they be handing the conservatives the keys to the city?
"As the Supreme Court winds down a term marked by momentous decisions, two things stand out from the historic session."
Now here, liberals, you don't want to get to carried away. Look we had 3 rulings we love this last week. But the Roberts Court has overall been very conservative. They've done Citizen's United, ruled against pay equity at Wallmart and even struck down a portion of the Voting Rights Act that immediately led to more anti voting laws in Southern states.
What I think is more likely is that as the SJC for its very political credbiliity can''t be too much out of step with the public and the pubic's views have changed quickly they have had to keep up with it on some of these cases.
But we still need a liberal Court-it's been 30 years-and Hillary is the woman to do it.
"Some conservatives see a similar phenomenon, but dispute how pronounced or permanent it may be."
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"As the Supreme Court winds down a term marked by momentous decisions, two things stand out from the historic session."
"One, the court’s reputation for conservatism under Chief Justice John Roberts has eroded — at least to a degree."
"And two, the gloves came off, with the justices hurling especially nasty words at each other, shattering the illusion that they are all good friends."
"The string of wins for liberals was undeniable. Three years after saving President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievement from a potentially devastating blow, Roberts led the court to a 6-3 ruling Thursday rejecting a new legal challenge that could have upended Obamacare by denying insurance subsidies to Americans in 34 states."
"Gay rights advocates also scored a landmark victory Friday as the court effectively made same-sex marriage rights the law of the land, holding in a far-reaching, 5-4 decision that the Constitution prohibits states from denying marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples."
"And in an opinion that would have drawn far more attention in a less action-packed year, the court ruled Thursday, 5-4, that proof of intentional bias is not required in housing discrimination cases. The Obama administration and civil rights groups were so fearful of losing on that point that they maneuvered for years to keep such disputes about so-called “disparate impact” off the court’s docket."
"The series of wins had some liberals conceding that warnings about the Roberts Court being a conservative juggernaut look to have been exaggerated."
Now here, liberals, you don't want to get to carried away. Look we had 3 rulings we love this last week. But the Roberts Court has overall been very conservative. They've done Citizen's United, ruled against pay equity at Wallmart and even struck down a portion of the Voting Rights Act that immediately led to more anti voting laws in Southern states.
What I think is more likely is that as the SJC for its very political credbiliity can''t be too much out of step with the public and the pubic's views have changed quickly they have had to keep up with it on some of these cases.
But we still need a liberal Court-it's been 30 years-and Hillary is the woman to do it.
"Some conservatives see a similar phenomenon, but dispute how pronounced or permanent it may be."
“It’s probably a pullback in the rate of conservative trending, more than a shift that tells us we’ve got a more liberal court,” said Kevin Walsh, a University of Richmond law professor and former clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia. “You can’t always use a single term as a unit of analysis.”
"Likewise, not all liberals are convinced that the Roberts Court has turned over a new leaf."
“A lot of people who just tuned in yesterday might not realize this court is a f***n disaster. #BlindSquirrels,” former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) wrote on Twitter Friday.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/supreme-court-justices-antonin-scalia-samuel-alito-119486.html#ixzz3eN0HTUvV
TK Congressman Weiner! I still regret never being able to elect you Major, Twitter sex or no.
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