They’re so convinced of their own correctness — and so determined to believe conservatives are either a) corrupt, b) stupid or c) deluded — that they find themselves repeatedly astonished to discover conservatives are in fact capable of a) advancing and defending their own powerful arguments, b) effectively countering weak liberal arguments and c) exposing the soft underbelly of liberal self-satisfaction as they do so.
That’s what happened this week. There appears to be no question in the mind of anyone who read the transcripts or listened to the oral arguments that the conservative lawyers and justices made mincemeat out of the Obama administration’s advocates and the liberal members of the court.
This came as a startling shock to the liberals who write about the court.
The First Obama Term
http://www.nypost.com/p....A3hdHKJ
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs....1
Hey Obama, FDR is on the phone.
"Ultimately I am confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress," Obama told reporters today....
Hey Obama, FDR is on the phone.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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This can't be right, because I can't believe that even he is this stupid:
The president, adopting what he described as the language of conservatives who fret about judicial activism, questioned how an "unelected group of people" could overturn a law approved by Congress.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politic....vuWrF9T
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
GORDON wrote:This can't be right, because I can't believe that even he is this stupid:
The president, adopting what he described as the language of conservatives who fret about judicial activism, questioned how an "unelected group of people" could overturn a law approved by Congress.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politic....vuWrF9T
MSNBC reported it, but did not include the implication, above.
Obama called the court an "unelected group" and warned the court against engaging in "judicial activism" by finding the law unconstitutional.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news....-upheld
I want to see an unedited transcript. Really hoping Obama isn't that stupid.
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2012....=hp_bn5
Again, having a hard time believing he said this, since that is exactly the reason the Supreme Court exists. He can't possibly not know that. The Fox News "how can an unelected group of people" comment was also not repeated on CNN.
Obama said he was confident the Supreme Court "will not take what would be an unprecedented extraordinary step of overturning a law" passed by Congress.
http://www.cnn.com/2012....=hp_bn5
Again, having a hard time believing he said this, since that is exactly the reason the Supreme Court exists. He can't possibly not know that. The Fox News "how can an unelected group of people" comment was also not repeated on CNN.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Obama is acceptions donations to his reelection campaign from foreign donors... again... which is illegal.
http://pjmedia.com/tatler....l-hasan
He did this the first time, too. They "fixed" the problem. Now they have unfixed it.
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http://pjmedia.com/tatler....l-hasan
He did this the first time, too. They "fixed" the problem. Now they have unfixed it.
This video is a follow-up to Adrian Murray’s facebook post over the weekend, in which he says that he donated to the Obama campaign as “Adolph Hitler,” occupation “Dictator” living at a German address. As you can see in the clip, citizen journalist George Scaggs of Austin tries the same thing at three different campaign sites, that of Obama, Romney and Santorum. Only the Obama site accepted the donation without the verification number.
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Is this racist?
“I think if President Obama came out as gay, he wouldn't lose the black vote," a cheerful Van Jones told MSNBC this afternoon.
"President Obama is not going to lose the black vote no matter what he does," he added.
Obama must have said it striking down his law would be unprecidented, because they are making him answer if he was actually serious.
http://www.foxnews.com/politic....-health
http://www.foxnews.com/politic....-health
A three-judge panel for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered the Justice Department to explain by Thursday whether the administration believes judges have the power to strike down a federal law.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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1. He did this before, in the State of the Union speech or something, where he badmouthed the SCOTUS.
2. As for this particular law, I don't see why it would be any more unconstitutional than anything else that's out there. The federal government has no limits, period. It ain't supposed to be that way, but that's where we've been for a long time now. Welcome to the party.
2. As for this particular law, I don't see why it would be any more unconstitutional than anything else that's out there. The federal government has no limits, period. It ain't supposed to be that way, but that's where we've been for a long time now. Welcome to the party.
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Thomas Sowell looks black, but is clearly not, because he is RACIST:
But how unprecedented would it actually be if the Supreme Court declared a law unconstitutional if it was passed by “a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress”?
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They have been doing so for more than two centuries. It is the foundation of American constitutional law. There is no way that Barack Obama has never heard of it or really believes it to be “unprecedented” after two centuries of countless precedents.
In short, he is simply lying.
Obama not knowing Constitutional law despite being a Constitutional lawyer isn't news.
A Republican senator saying he's stupid for not knowing, is headline news.
A Republican senator saying he's stupid for not knowing, is headline news.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Bcause Am ppl r not stupid as this x prof of con law
Really, if this is the best he can do in terms of clear language I have little interest in his opinions. He's stupid.
Nevermind that he's also right. That's beside the point.
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I forgave the Twitter-speak as typical politician "look how hip I am" bullshit.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell