tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259305203810638866.post5417225701069234514..comments2023-11-05T03:49:10.938-08:00Comments on UMBC Lawblog: The Rehnquist Court by Herman SchwartzProfessor Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03246861948473880993noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259305203810638866.post-6842022317940312322007-05-15T06:55:00.000-07:002007-05-15T06:55:00.000-07:00The conservative views are just as dangerous as li...The conservative views are just as dangerous as liberal ones. Just because you believe that they things conservatives stand for are not right, does not make it bad. Conservatives are just as scared and annoyed and pissed off about cases like Roe. There is nothing wrong with the court being conservative - just like there is nothing wrong with the court being liberal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259305203810638866.post-14388655958795710932007-05-14T22:47:00.000-07:002007-05-14T22:47:00.000-07:00I'm not saying that everything conservative is nec...I'm not saying that everything conservative is necessarily bad. What I am saying is that this particular courts conservative views are dangerous in that they are more right wing than previous conservative tenures of the Supreme Court. I believe these conservative justices are willing to go even further now that Roberts is in charge. Rehnquist, although conservative was able to keep both liberal and conservative ideals in check and I don't believe that Roberts is capable of doing that kind of balancing act as a chief justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259305203810638866.post-40105553647231555812007-05-14T19:07:00.000-07:002007-05-14T19:07:00.000-07:00"No relivance to anything in the discussion just s..."No relivance to anything in the discussion just something to draw attention to what he has written with no chance of rebuttal." <BR/><BR/>You know Brock, this reminds me of propaghandi's ingenious reference to the British Consitution, an document, which of course, does not exist. <BR/><BR/>I find it hard to see how it is "irrelevant" since a. vick is obviously convinced anything conservative will threaten our freedoms, while anonymous has a what I would call Utopian notion of the "ideal" Supreme Court. I was simply offereing my counter to these perspectives.SAD-Unit 07https://www.blogger.com/profile/17217288727001520748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259305203810638866.post-48296678895031819862007-05-13T19:14:00.000-07:002007-05-13T19:14:00.000-07:00Anglestani just did a Limbaugh and made what is ca...Anglestani just did a Limbaugh and made what is called a "grandstanding" statement. No relivance to anything in the discussion just something to draw attention to what he has written with no chance of rebuttal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259305203810638866.post-61746021830256687672007-05-13T09:53:00.000-07:002007-05-13T09:53:00.000-07:00Okay, that was a joke.But seriously, the law doesn...Okay, that was a joke.<BR/><BR/>But seriously, the law doesn't occur in a vacuum, "The law should be free of all things except reason and mercy." And really a large part of it depends on human bias, and that's the way it should be since human bias generally reflects what is pertinent at the time. <BR/><BR/>I mean let's face it, the Supreme Court's so-called "precedents" are nothing but. The number of changes the Court has made in the "interpretation" of the Consitution (laissez-faire, federalism, etc), is probably second only to the interpretaiton of the Bible. Nothing is absolute, and precendents merely reflect an era's rough policy directive.SAD-Unit 07https://www.blogger.com/profile/17217288727001520748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259305203810638866.post-18514244143962835782007-05-13T09:35:00.000-07:002007-05-13T09:35:00.000-07:00Conservative (Republicans) are bad? Liberals (Demo...Conservative (Republicans) are bad? Liberals (Democrats) are good? Ha!<BR/><BR/>Do any of you know the Democrats' political stance during the Civil War? It was something along the lines of...oh wait, I forgot, they were too busy committing treason!SAD-Unit 07https://www.blogger.com/profile/17217288727001520748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259305203810638866.post-68232970762811671812007-05-12T04:35:00.000-07:002007-05-12T04:35:00.000-07:00True, the court is not supposed to be conservative...True, the court is not supposed to be conservative nor liberal per se, but you can clearly see that with the addition of Alito and Roberts that the court is heavily leaning towards conservative views in their decisions. The law should be free of all things except reason and mercy. That is the only way it can applied justly. Not by bipartisan politics nor our own flaws as human beings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259305203810638866.post-41186594731951547262007-05-09T16:59:00.000-07:002007-05-09T16:59:00.000-07:00The Supreme Court I think is not conservative or l...The Supreme Court I think is not conservative or liberal. I remember something Prof. Davis said to me the first day of class that will always stick with me even in law school. He said you have to remember that even judges are politicians. Human bias is in everything we do as well as human competition. Bill Maher is popular because he appeals to liberal, agnostic, and pro-choicers(like myself). Rush Limbaugh is popular because he appeals to conservative, christian, bring back the south and segregation, and pro lifers. Competition between both sides put the Courts in the position its in. When you do not choose people who keep an open mind or make judgements based on the facts and not on self interests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259305203810638866.post-22487094581767165792007-05-09T09:28:00.000-07:002007-05-09T09:28:00.000-07:00I actually fear for the law now that the court is ...I actually fear for the law now that the court is decidedly conservative. I think this will seriously endanger many freedoms that we have eventually lead to precedents usually thought of being set in stone being overturned. Althought abortion rights aren't one of them, the mere fact that it was possibly being discussed as being reviewed by the court was enought to scare Women's Rights Groups into action. Whatever happened to the idea that Justice is blind? I feel as though with this version of the Supreme Court justice can not only see, but it's seeing in HD plasma screen color :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com