• Space/Science
  • GeekSpeak
  • Mysteries of
    the Multiverse
  • Science Fiction
  • The Comestible Zone
  • Off-Topic
  • Community
  • Flame
  • CurrentEvents

Recent posts

How we did it in the old Navy II. ER December 4, 2025 5:09 pm (CurrentEvents)

How we did it in the old Navy. ER December 4, 2025 4:17 pm (CurrentEvents)

Rocket man BuckGalaxy December 1, 2025 9:54 pm (CurrentEvents)

Yesterday was the 332nd day of the year 2025 ER November 30, 2025 1:41 pm (Space/Science)

All I know is what I see on the Internet. ER November 30, 2025 7:21 am (CurrentEvents)

I'm a California Man BuckGalaxy November 27, 2025 2:35 pm (CurrentEvents)

Collapse of the service access platform at Site 31 in Baikonur? BuckGalaxy November 27, 2025 12:54 pm (Space/Science)

Why the reflections? ER November 27, 2025 8:16 am (GeekSpeak)

So you Millennials think the world has given you a raw deal? ER November 25, 2025 5:27 pm (Off-Topic)

This is not a drill. NOT a drill. General Quarters, General Quarters. All hands man your battle stations. ER November 24, 2025 4:58 pm (CurrentEvents)

Xi called Trump RobVG November 24, 2025 10:26 am (CurrentEvents)

I thought this was fake news when I first saw it online BuckGalaxy November 23, 2025 10:13 pm (Space/Science)

Home » Flame

"Will no one rid me of this turbulent branch of government?" (continued) April 3, 2012 9:48 am TB

First it was the Congress, and now the Supreme Court, threatening the Great March of Progress.

“Ultimately, I’m 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.

And I would like to remind conservative commentators that for years what we have heard is that the biggest problem is judicial activism and that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law.

Well, this is a good example and I’m pretty confident this court will recognize that and not take that step”

Wow. Remember when “judicial activism” was a liberal’s best friend?

Remember the facts about that “strong majority?” A health care bill shoved through the system by hook or by crook, with 34 Democrats defecting in the House and no Republican votes at all in either chamber? With bribes and threats in the Senate? Passing despite polls that were against it, and still are? A bill that lost the House and many states for the Democrats in 2010?

Remember what I said about some Democratic leaders beginning to lose a few marbles? I wonder if Obama is going to threaten to destroy the Supreme Court like his hero FDR tried to do.

  • Remember when Bush and Cheney did things anyway, and the hell with the Supreme Court? by bowser 2012-04-03 14:55:11
    • Which case was that? by TB 2012-04-03 15:43:32
      • "Responses to the Government's Defense of National Security Agency Warrantless Wiretaps" "In fact, the Supreme Court has never upheld warrantless wiretapping ... by bowser 2012-04-03 18:08:06
        • In other words, no case was ever brought before the Supreme Court. by TB 2012-04-03 20:13:21
          • The Supreme Court had ruled it illegal before Bush and Cheney did it. There was no doubt. It ... by bowser 2012-04-03 21:22:27
            • You're really a lot more comfortable back in 2006 than you are in the present day, aren't you? by TB 2012-04-03 21:51:49
              • You've watched the Republican primaries, the Tea Party screw it right into the ground. And you say the liberals ... by bowser 2012-04-03 23:45:50
    • If the "Radical Republican" congress of the past has shown me anything, it's that any process for choosing an elected ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-03 11:57:37
      • It's kind of interesting how "not socialist" is now "radical." by TB 2012-04-03 12:12:17
        • Kind of interesting how anything not Conservative is communist. by bowser 2012-04-03 14:54:00
      • Incidentally... by TB 2012-04-03 11:07:41

        Search

        The Control Panel

        • Log in
        • Register