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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 09:01 AM Jul 2022

Sorry SCOTUS but Dinner does not appear in the Constitution.

NEW: Justice Brett Kavanaugh had to exit through the rear of Morton's on Wednesday night after DC protestors showed up out front. A Morton's rep told me: "Politics … should not trample the freedom at play of the right to congregate and eat dinner." https://politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/07/08/schumer-ups-pressure-on-mcconnell-in-usica-reconciliation-dance-00044652?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=0000014c-2414-d9dd-a5ec-34bc527c0005&nlid=630318


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UPDATE:
Kavanaugh "did not hear or see the protesters and ate a full meal but left before dessert." Okay, what's the problem?

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Sorry SCOTUS but Dinner does not appear in the Constitution. (Original Post) kpete Jul 2022 OP
By this afternoon there will probably be Bettie Jul 2022 #1
I came on here to say the EXACT same thing! NCDem47 Jul 2022 #7
Well, we know that is probably on the schedule already Bettie Jul 2022 #17
At this point let's hope something happens with the urinal since no one on our side uses one. Maraya1969 Jul 2022 #56
+1 2naSalit Jul 2022 #16
Neither does abortion or AR15s KS Toronado Jul 2022 #2
Also, Dr. George Tiller would like a word. kpete Jul 2022 #5
THIS malaise Jul 2022 #23
Fucker should be thankful... 2naSalit Jul 2022 #29
Transcript of conversation.... Nevilledog Jul 2022 #58
Wow! Rt TY Cha Jul 2022 #76
That's not *really* what was said. More how I'd like to imagine it was... Nevilledog Jul 2022 #77
Right.. the "Wow" was for Cha Jul 2022 #78
Yep. Get used to it, Kav. calimary Jul 2022 #81
Actions have consequences. gibraltar72 Jul 2022 #3
PS: All the servers took turns spitting in your food. FSogol Jul 2022 #4
Okay, that made me laugh out loud. MontanaMama Jul 2022 #14
It's probably true Dave says Jul 2022 #19
I worked at an IHOP type restaurant when I was 17... rubbersole Jul 2022 #60
Thank you for that lovely thought.. mountain grammy Jul 2022 #20
I can only hope... 2naSalit Jul 2022 #31
Make decisions based on politics and don't be surprised if politics upsets your dinner Takket Jul 2022 #6
Oh heaven forbid Mad_Machine76 Jul 2022 #8
I cannot elaborate. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 #9
It's cute how he thinks he has ... Whiskeytide Jul 2022 #10
+1 2naSalit Jul 2022 #35
... Nevilledog Jul 2022 #51
lol inthewind21 Jul 2022 #53
This is perfect Nevilledog Jul 2022 #65
Didn't he have to kairos12 Jul 2022 #11
"Check please. Oh, and a doggie bag. And, eh, do you have a rear exit I could use?" FailureToCommunicate Jul 2022 #12
May he choke peppertree Jul 2022 #13
Mortons XanaDUer2 Jul 2022 #15
They're not talking about salt! dchill Jul 2022 #28
Beer Bong Weenie Waver is a "just us", not a Justice. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #18
+1 2naSalit Jul 2022 #36
credit: Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #47
Love it. 2naSalit Jul 2022 #48
Many of us women of the bra burning generation mnhtnbb Jul 2022 #49
Beer boofer boy takes it to a new level, and does it from the bench. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #50
Yup... 2naSalit Jul 2022 #57
He really should eat at Norton's next time. COL Mustard Jul 2022 #21
There's no such thing as life, liberty and the quiet pursuit of a Porterhouse? marmar Jul 2022 #22
These Talibangelical Supremes BlueIdaho Jul 2022 #24
freedom of religion? pirsquared Jul 2022 #55
Freedom of Speech? BlueIdaho Jul 2022 #61
speech is limited by "time, place, manner" restrictions. pirsquared Jul 2022 #73
Dr Tiller was murdered while worshiping at his church. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #25
He trampled the right for all women to do what they deem right for their own bodies among other judesedit Jul 2022 #26
Suffering some loss of bodily autonomy are we? ancianita Jul 2022 #27
Damn right! 2naSalit Jul 2022 #37
If he doesn't want to to hear, see or read things that make him uncomfortable LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2022 #59
Please don't send him to Florida. rubbersole Jul 2022 #64
Blame Kavanaugh, not the protesters. He knew that was a probability. appleannie1 Jul 2022 #30
+1 2naSalit Jul 2022 #38
Oh, if I had the chance to be in the same dining room... birdographer Jul 2022 #32
I prefer the marinara sauce... 2naSalit Jul 2022 #42
"The Road Goes On Forever" by Robert Earl Keene rubbersole Jul 2022 #67
What sticks in my craw is the phrase... dchill Jul 2022 #33
I copied that and been reading through here looking at it. The nerve that they talk about RIGHTS Maraya1969 Jul 2022 #62
"...unduly harassed by unruly protestors..." dchill Jul 2022 #70
Twitter is having a field day with this: sop Jul 2022 #34
+1 n/t area51 Jul 2022 #39
+1 2naSalit Jul 2022 #43
That is exactly the parallel argument that needs to be made and driven home bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #40
There's nothing more pitiful than an uncomfortable sociopath. nt hay rick Jul 2022 #41
He's such a victim... 2naSalit Jul 2022 #44
Oh the horror Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #45
Alcohol and beef Marthe48 Jul 2022 #46
What?? No After-Dinner Boof?? Zambero Jul 2022 #52
K&R for best thread title UTUSN Jul 2022 #54
A reminder of when Brett told us we'll "reap the whirlwind" Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #63
Enjoy the ride, bastard. Hortensis Jul 2022 #66
Collateral damage ... Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #71
I believe the collateral damage would be better done to a church breakfast, Hortensis Jul 2022 #72
Oh, I like the way you think! Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #74
Articles keep saying he was "forced" to leave through the back door Bettie Jul 2022 #68
Women have endured far more, wnylib Jul 2022 #69
"$5 bucks says Morton's comped his meal but ..." mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 #75
Mortons, doesn't care what thugs they let in RANDYWILDMAN Jul 2022 #79
Next time he'll have to find a restaurant in secret, maybe one that's out of state n/t AntiFascist Jul 2022 #80
Simple solution: NullTuples Jul 2022 #82
Love it! whathehell Jul 2022 #83
Arizona election workers had to quit after receiving threats SpankMe Jul 2022 #84
Nor does chuggin and pukin Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2022 #85
What is Mortins SMoss Jul 2022 #86
Suck it, dick waver Blue Owl Jul 2022 #87
Alexandra Petri proves there's a biblical precedent: muriel_volestrangler Jul 2022 #88

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
1. By this afternoon there will probably be
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 09:04 AM
Jul 2022

a bill submitted and passed to ensure that no one can make eye contact with or speak to any right wing member of the Supreme Court.

Because, that's the real issue in this country, people saying things to people who don't want to hear them.

Those six unelected legislators do not believe in free speech if it is anything other than money or loud public prayer.

NCDem47

(2,249 posts)
7. I came on here to say the EXACT same thing!
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 09:20 AM
Jul 2022

Some dumb law will be passed that you can't even look at SC justice or you'll be thrown in the pokey for who knows how long.

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
17. Well, we know that is probably on the schedule already
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 10:30 AM
Jul 2022

because, these people are the only ones seemingly worthy of protection.

Frankly, I'm hoping for a falling toilet seat from a decaying space station....or several.

kpete

(71,996 posts)
5. Also, Dr. George Tiller would like a word.
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 09:17 AM
Jul 2022

Hey, Beer Keg Bro and your cronies:

Now you know how people who utilize or work at women's health clinics feel.

Stop whining and get used to it.


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2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
29. Fucker should be thankful...
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:01 AM
Jul 2022

They aren't magaterrorists. They'd be firebombing the restaurant and smashing the windows.

Nevilledog

(51,120 posts)
58. Transcript of conversation....
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 12:00 PM
Jul 2022


Tweet text:

Liam Nissan™
@theliamnissan
·
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"Justice Kavanaugh, there are angry protestors outside the restaurant!"

"Then we must abort the meal and escape."

"Back alley?"

"Yes...Unfortunately it's the only option we've got left."
7:53 AM · Jul 8, 2022

Cha

(297,296 posts)
78. Right.. the "Wow" was for
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 03:37 PM
Jul 2022

this guy Liam Nissan coming up with that.

I did think it was the actor until I looked up the Profile, though. He does have 61.9K Followers. for his "set of skills"..

What I have is a particular set of skills; skills that make me a nightmare for fascist dickbags. I joke, and drive a Nissan"



Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!:

calimary

(81,310 posts)
81. Yep. Get used to it, Kav.
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 04:15 PM
Jul 2022

Injustice Kavanaugh. Get used to THAT, TOO, dude.

I hope this follows all six of ‘em til they leave the High Bench. However long that is.

No justice? NO peace. That old battle cry still works.

Dave says

(4,618 posts)
19. It's probably true
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 10:39 AM
Jul 2022

Restaurant workers will have their revenge.

I even recall a general manager of a successful restaurant pouring a little fish juice into a hamburger returned by an irate customer that, after biting into it, saw a speck of red in its center. The fish juice trick results in the diner eating several bites before feeling that the burger was spoiled. Obviously, the GM was happy if it resulted in never seeing the abusive diner again.

(This was the seventies. We were a less litigious society back then.)

rubbersole

(6,696 posts)
60. I worked at an IHOP type restaurant when I was 17...
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 12:00 PM
Jul 2022

...you really don't want to know what happened to food that was sent back to the kitchen (so I've heard). I never send food back for that reason.

Whiskeytide

(4,461 posts)
10. It's cute how he thinks he has ...
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 09:46 AM
Jul 2022

… rights to privacy. He should read some of the recent SCOTUS rulings.

Nevilledog

(51,120 posts)
65. This is perfect
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 12:12 PM
Jul 2022


Tweet text:

Jay Black
@jayblackisfunny
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I feel terribly for Justice Kavanaugh.

He tried to make a choice, namely where his body should be and what should be inside of it.

Then a small group of people unrelated to him showed up and made it impossible for him to make that choice.

…hey wait a minute!
5:10 AM · Jul 8, 2022

peppertree

(21,639 posts)
13. May he choke
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 10:19 AM
Jul 2022

May he go the way of James Gandolfini - who at least contributed his art and talent to society.

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
48. Love it.
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:40 AM
Jul 2022

I've been using weenie waver since the 1990s. As a woman in a trucking world, it wasn't hard to come up with that one.

mnhtnbb

(31,392 posts)
49. Many of us women of the bra burning generation
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:45 AM
Jul 2022

have been using weenie waver for a very long time. Too long.

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
57. Yup...
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:59 AM
Jul 2022

I just know I've been using it forever, not taking credit for making it up 'cause I'm sure I heard it somewhere from someone else.

Sad that it's a thing in the first place.

COL Mustard

(5,905 posts)
21. He really should eat at Norton's next time.
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 10:50 AM
Jul 2022

It's the slightly downscale restaurant popularized by Art Carney in The Honeymooners. The food is okay, but not much view!

 

pirsquared

(77 posts)
55. freedom of religion?
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:53 AM
Jul 2022

What about freedom of religion? I believe deeply tiramisu is a sin, of satan, and therefore you should never be allowed to have it.

At least one of the 613 Commandments applies, surely, to porterhouse steaks.

 

pirsquared

(77 posts)
73. speech is limited by "time, place, manner" restrictions.
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 12:42 PM
Jul 2022

Freedom of speech is limited by "time, place, manner" restrictions. Freedom of religion seeks to circumvent such restrictions and exalts personal 'religious' beliefs above all other considerations. Evangelical very rich RW orgs, the Federalists, the Repubs have discarded the (non)-Establishment clause in order to promote their socio-political agendas.

onecaliberal

(32,863 posts)
25. Dr Tiller was murdered while worshiping at his church.
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 10:54 AM
Jul 2022

I hope the court rapist is hounded night and day forever.

judesedit

(4,439 posts)
26. He trampled the right for all women to do what they deem right for their own bodies among other
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 10:54 AM
Jul 2022

injustices Eat that, Kavanaugh. I hope you're interrupted every where you go, every day. Along with the rest of the rw hacks on the so called "Supreme" Court. And Roberts is a wimp

59. If he doesn't want to to hear, see or read things that make him uncomfortable
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 12:00 PM
Jul 2022

he should move to Florida.

BTW, don't forget that the prayer group meets in Justice Thomas's chambers on Monday. Our special guest will be Jason Brennan, author of Against Democracy.

appleannie1

(5,067 posts)
30. Blame Kavanaugh, not the protesters. He knew that was a probability.
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:02 AM
Jul 2022

So just stay home, holed up like the rat you are.

birdographer

(1,331 posts)
32. Oh, if I had the chance to be in the same dining room...
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:03 AM
Jul 2022

I can be so clumsy sometimes. Why, I could be carrying coffee or martini up to the bar and whoops!

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
42. I prefer the marinara sauce...
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:21 AM
Jul 2022

Last edited Fri Jul 8, 2022, 12:16 PM - Edit history (1)

Or the Linguini w/clam sauce, it gets really smelly really quickly.

My first waitress job lasted less than a shift. Some middle aged jackass thought he could reach up my skirt only to find that dinner was on him! I added a few words for the tip.

rubbersole

(6,696 posts)
67. "The Road Goes On Forever" by Robert Earl Keene
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 12:15 PM
Jul 2022

It also describes what can happen if you put a hand up a waitresses skirt. Never a good idea.

dchill

(38,502 posts)
33. What sticks in my craw is the phrase...
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:03 AM
Jul 2022

"...freedom at play of the right to congregate and eat..."
Apparently a "freedom" that only belongs to the Right?

Maraya1969

(22,482 posts)
62. I copied that and been reading through here looking at it. The nerve that they talk about RIGHTS
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 12:02 PM
Jul 2022

“Honorable Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh and all of our other patrons at the restaurant were unduly harassed by unruly protestors while eating dinner at our Morton’s restaurant. Politics, regardless of your side or views, should not trample the freedom at play of the right to congregate and eat dinner. There is a time and place for everything. Disturbing the dinner of all of our customers was an act of selfishness and void of decency.”

dchill

(38,502 posts)
70. "...unduly harassed by unruly protestors..."
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 12:28 PM
Jul 2022

He's a Restaurant Spokesperson/Street Poet/Moral Arbiter.

sop

(10,192 posts)
34. Twitter is having a field day with this:
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:04 AM
Jul 2022

"The right to eat dinner in peace? sounds like an unenumerated right to me and are we sure those actually exist?"

"Sorry, under the originalist reading of the Constitution there is no 'right' to eat dinner. The Founding Fathers never spoke of a right to eat dinner, therefore the right does not exist."

Get used to never having a quiet moment in public again, Brett.

Farmer-Rick

(10,185 posts)
45. Oh the horror
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:24 AM
Jul 2022

He couldn't order dessert....so sad

And women all over the United States can't control their own bodies thanks to his stupid religion. Not to mention all the ashiest women prevented from exercising their beliefs that they have bodily autonomy.

Christians like him are nothing more than manipulative misogynists forcing their imaginary sky daddy on every American at the expense of bodily autonomy.

Marthe48

(16,975 posts)
46. Alcohol and beef
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:31 AM
Jul 2022

has been linked to colon cancer.

beer boy is a big ass, has a big ass and needs a big diaper for the load of crap he carries. Hope none of the 6 unelected despots can ever show their faces in public again without being harrassed and harangued.

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
52. What?? No After-Dinner Boof??
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:50 AM
Jul 2022

Certainly, all that MUST be addressed somewhere in the Constitution, a-la "Originalist"!.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)
71. Collateral damage ...
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 12:33 PM
Jul 2022

It is unfortunate that people will lose some peace because of the protests against the extremists. The extremists, however, have almost guaranteed that the collateral damage from their rulings will be deadly, not just noisy.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
72. I believe the collateral damage would be better done to a church breakfast,
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 12:40 PM
Jul 2022

but of course only at churches supporting this.

Bring it home.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)
74. Oh, I like the way you think!
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 01:02 PM
Jul 2022

Some righteous protest songs over the self-righteous might make breakfast fun.

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
68. Articles keep saying he was "forced" to leave through the back door
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 12:21 PM
Jul 2022

where does the constitution say that judges are immune from the consequences of their behavior.

So, for Beer Boy Brett, people protesting him removing their rights, their very personhood during a large part of their lives, is something he shouldn't have to ever hear or see?

I supposed, he cried about his love for beer at his confirmation hearing.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts)
75. "$5 bucks says Morton's comped his meal but ..."
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 01:07 PM
Jul 2022
$5 bucks says Morton’s comped his meal but would make whatever death row inmate Kavanaugh orders to be executed next pay full price for their *last* meal.

… “Politics, regardless of your side or views, should not trample the freedom at play of the right to congregate and eat dinner. There is a time and place for everything. Disturbing the dinner of all of our customers was an act of selfishness and void of decency.”
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RANDYWILDMAN

(2,672 posts)
79. Mortons, doesn't care what thugs they let in
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 03:39 PM
Jul 2022

as long as they have fresh dirty money to pay for the food.

Kav is a shitweasal stain on society, cause that high school shit, you know he did it !

SpankMe

(2,957 posts)
84. Arizona election workers had to quit after receiving threats
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 07:17 PM
Jul 2022

And no comment from the MAGAts.

But a SCOTUS justice has his dinner interrupted by protesters - after concurring with a freedom-crushing ruling - and it's a crime against humanity.

Fuck Kavanaugh. Fuck the current batch of Republicans and their enablers.

SMoss

(112 posts)
86. What is Mortins
Fri Jul 8, 2022, 09:36 PM
Jul 2022

Morton's is a very expensive steak house in the DC area where wealthy executives take clients to impress them. Dinner for 4 with cocktails and wine is can run $1000.00.
Who picked up the tab?

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
88. Alexandra Petri proves there's a biblical precedent:
Sat Jul 9, 2022, 07:14 AM
Jul 2022
Sorry, but the Constitution contains no right to eat dinner

Oh, this is embarrassing! The right to congregate and eat dinner is actually not to be found anywhere in the Constitution. I have been studying the Constitution very carefully, including the emanations of the penumbras, and I can see why people might think there was some inherent right to dinner. Eating seems so fundamental: Whether or not you want to have steak inside yourself seems like something you ought to be able to determine on your own behalf. Eating and chewing, alone or in the company of others, feels as though it ought to be up to the person most affected, and protected from abridgment of any kind, even by the states.

But actually, there is a higher authority to whom we must answer on this question. The Bible (technically not the Constitution, but there are people working to fix that!) relates that Adam and Eve ate dinner, once, in public, and this was such a grave offense that they were kicked out of their home immediately and hassled with flaming swords. Mankind was then forced to develop farming and wear pants.
...
Some argue that even if this made any theological sense, theology should not hold sway in the governance of our country, where there is (or at any rate, used to be) something called the establishment clause that separates church and state. To this, the Supreme Court responds, “You have hit adulthood, and you still believe in Establishment Clause?”

Besides, it is not merely the Bible that suggests you have no right to dinner and are naive and wrong to think that you do. Why, didn’t the philosopher Pythagoras believe that fava beans contained souls, and therefore avoid eating them at all costs? And where are fava beans served but at dinner? (Lunches and dinners, I suppose, if you are creative — but that is not very originalist.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/08/brett-kavanaugh-dinner-steakhouse-mortons-protest-satire/
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