The Rule of Flaw 0
Badtux has a theory about the Supreme Court’s radical disregard of precedent in the two big decisions rendered last week.
Frankly, I don’t think that much planning went into those decisions. I think the conservatives right-wing radicals on the Court were taking advantage of opportunities as they came along. But, as regard the long-term results, I think that Badtux may well be onto something.
We are a failing state.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Sometimes the Freudian slips . . . .
Twits on Twitter 0
Twits who rain on the parade.
Yes, indeedy-do. “social” media does contribute to dis coarse discourse, of coarse it does.
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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Florida Man had his politeness in the bag.
A Self-Inflicted Injury 2
F. T. Rea points fingers. A snippet:
Methinks he has a point.
The lesser of two evils is always preferable to the evil of two lessers.
School Daze, Futile Fortification Dept. 0
Sam and Emma talk with a caller, an architect, who discusses how architects feel about hardening schools from mass shootings.
The Back Story 0
At AL.com, Frances Coleman, who believes that abortion is wrong, struggles with why she finds the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade disturbing. It’s a powerful article worth your while. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
It may be immoral to gamble away your paycheck, but it’s not illegal. And it is, in my and many others’ view, immoral to strap a person to a gurney and kill him, but it’s perfectly legal.
There was a time when the members of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed above partisan politics. But that’s only a memory now, as this most recent decision clearly shows.
On a related issue, Badtux reports that one of his friends is fed up with the purists, those self-proclaimed “progressives” who refuse to vote if they don’t find a candidate perfect in every way. Here’s a snippet from that article:
Originalist Sin 0
PoliticalProf parses the pretzel logic.
Twits on Twitter 0
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
The Water Bearers 0
Aside:
Today’s Supreme Court is unprecedented. Except possibly by Justice Taney.