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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is outragedoutragedthat the majority of the Court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act, writing in his dissent that "We have no power under the Constitution to invalidate this democratically adopted legislation" and that the decision represents an "exalted notion of the role of this court in American democratic society." Because, don't you know, DOMA was passed by Congress democratically and therefore the Court should not touch it.
One question: Where was this Scalia when the Supreme Court was deciding to gut the Voting Rights Act, which was renewed by Congress in 2006?
Oh, that's right: Scalia was one of the justices gutting the VRA. That bill was passed in 2006 by a 390 to 33 vote in the House and 98 to zero in the Senate. By contrast, DOMA was passed in 1996 by a 342 to 67 vote in the House and 85 to 14 in the Senate. And public opinion has undergone a sea change since then. So the "We have no power under the Constitution to invalidate this democratically adopted legislation" argument applies far more to the VRA.
But that's Scalia. His only consistency is in service of bigotry.
Laura Clawson
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/26/1219080/-Antonin-Scalia-develops-split-personality-disorder
MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Couldn't happen to a nicer person.
siligut
(12,272 posts)He uses the law to aid and abet his owners.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)Life expectancy: 78.7 years
Number of deaths for leading causes of death
Heart disease: 597,689
Cancer: 574,743
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 138,080
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 129,476
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 120,859
Alzheimer's disease: 83,494
Diabetes: 69,071
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50,476
Influenza and Pneumonia: 50,097
Intentional self-harm (suicide): 38,364
He's not in good shape. You can tell. The circle of life says EVENTUALLY we will all be granted relief from this treasure troll wannabe.
Tiiiiiiiiiime is on my side! Yes it is!
Circle of life folks. Circle of life.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)I truly believe the powers that be have some sort of elixir that they had out to their most faithful. I expect Fat Tony to live to be 100.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)Can't she?