01-26-2010, 09:00 PM | #11 |
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If it isn't in the Constitution, and the Court found that it was, isn't that exactly the definition of judicial activism you have offered in the past?
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01-26-2010, 09:03 PM | #12 | |
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01-26-2010, 09:09 PM | #13 | |
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It makes no sense that two individuals each have free speech, but when they speak together, they do not. Yet, essentially that is the liberal argument. |
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01-26-2010, 09:30 PM | #14 | |
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01-26-2010, 09:39 PM | #15 |
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that's what the liberal on NPR said. Media companies only have free speech rights as long as Congress designates it so. They are not protected by the Bill of Rights.
In his view, if Congress wanted to prohibit the NRA from any kind of speech, it would be within Congress's purview. He didn't say this specifically, but it certainly is implied by his argument. Screw that. |
01-29-2010, 03:44 PM | #16 |
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I was listening to the Diane Rhem show, and again there was a democrat who was on his soapbox asking where all the conservative pundits are condemning the campaign finance decision as judicial activism. He said that the court, and all conservatives who don't condemn it are hypocrites.
I said "ok, let me hear the argument." There was none. That was where the argument ended. It surprises me that so many intelligent, educated people gravitate to this kind of thinking. Liberalism. It's such weak sauce, it's like soaking your steak in bath water. |
01-29-2010, 03:44 PM | #17 |
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I was listening to the Diane Rhem show, and again there was a democrat who was on his soapbox asking where all the conservative pundits are condemning the campaign finance decision as judicial activism. He said that the court, and all conservatives who don't condemn it are hypocrites.
I said "ok, let me hear the argument." There was none. That was where the argument ended. It surprises me that so many intelligent, educated people gravitate to this kind of thinking. Liberalism. It's such weak sauce, it's like soaking your steak in bath water. |
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