How can we tell her opinions from parodies? Her two buddies at SCOTUS do a far better job at impersonating Justices, but their output is as valueless as hers.
Some time back I suggested to someone, maybe it was me, that you are one crazy dude, Mayo. Was I wrong?
Good to see you here, and I am flummoxed, plummoxed and very much entertained by your very precise and astute writing. I will be looking forward to reading more of the same in the future. Seems they are missing you over at the old homestead, but then, they can always come over here. Am I right? I will be visiting both there and here for a while. At least until I run out of time or money or both.
Barrett's kneecapping has destroyed for a generation any shred of credibility or gravitas Jackson could have hoped to wield on the Court. Because it was joined in full by 5 colleagues, and neither of her fellow Leftists came to her aid.
An honorable person would resign. She'll no doubt instead choose the Joe Biden 1988 strategy, lay low on the federal payroll for 30 years and wait for enough people who remember your disgrace to die off and be replaced by the credulous.
And that's the most important point - that her fellow lefties did not, could not, defend what she wrote. Kagan, no surprise; she is brilliant. Sotomayor's silence is telling. Does KBJ have no friend among the justices and clerks kind and loyal enough to take her aside and say "this will destroy our friendship I suppose but you need to hear it: this is drivel; do not sign it; do not publish it" - no, no she does not.
Or possibly she does have friends, and they tried to warn her, but she wouldn't listen. Which underlines the apparent lack of capacity and/or judgment. It's very sad. And with her lifetime appointment absent resignation...very worrisome.
It reads like something a high schooler would write and she was supposed to be the best black woman (?) judge? This doesn't reflect well on the other black woman judges. When I read the 'wait for it', I was expecting some WTFs and GTFOs in the subsequent paragraphs.
Welcome aboard, Anthony. Had I been drinking anything, I would probably have spit it out laughing. But I gave up drinking for Lent, except for holy water, of course. I am hoping Lent will be over soon. God bless you for bringing your highly-literate wit here to us for free.
The one I can't abide is the ubiquity of "concerning", as in "Jackson's blatant display of the result of affirmative action is concerning. " So much for the sanguine outlook of J. O'Connor, naively assuming we would need a limited time to get the level educational playing field that would render affirmative action a historical remnant. Sadly, we're unlikely to see any left of center President appoint a qualified jurist for the Supremes. Can congress impeach an ignorant and arrogant justice for being a major embarrassment to the nation's judicial system?
Yes. As we have seen, Congress, much like a DA, can impeach a ham sandwich, even one posing as a BIPOC, possibly a woman, Associate Justice. You just need 50%+1 votes in the House and 2/3 of the Senate to agree. Given that Ds in general will side with people who put live babies in microwave ovens and cook them rather than agree with the Bad Orange Man, it's unlikely to happen.
How can we tell her opinions from parodies? Her two buddies at SCOTUS do a far better job at impersonating Justices, but their output is as valueless as hers.
Some time back I suggested to someone, maybe it was me, that you are one crazy dude, Mayo. Was I wrong?
Good to see you here, and I am flummoxed, plummoxed and very much entertained by your very precise and astute writing. I will be looking forward to reading more of the same in the future. Seems they are missing you over at the old homestead, but then, they can always come over here. Am I right? I will be visiting both there and here for a while. At least until I run out of time or money or both.
Til next time,
Jim
Barrett's kneecapping has destroyed for a generation any shred of credibility or gravitas Jackson could have hoped to wield on the Court. Because it was joined in full by 5 colleagues, and neither of her fellow Leftists came to her aid.
An honorable person would resign. She'll no doubt instead choose the Joe Biden 1988 strategy, lay low on the federal payroll for 30 years and wait for enough people who remember your disgrace to die off and be replaced by the credulous.
And that's the most important point - that her fellow lefties did not, could not, defend what she wrote. Kagan, no surprise; she is brilliant. Sotomayor's silence is telling. Does KBJ have no friend among the justices and clerks kind and loyal enough to take her aside and say "this will destroy our friendship I suppose but you need to hear it: this is drivel; do not sign it; do not publish it" - no, no she does not.
Maybe they are like Michelle’s stylist(s). They hate her with the heat of a thousand suns.
Or possibly she does have friends, and they tried to warn her, but she wouldn't listen. Which underlines the apparent lack of capacity and/or judgment. It's very sad. And with her lifetime appointment absent resignation...very worrisome.
In her actual dissent, she included a "(wait for it)". I thought she was beyond parody, but you proved me wrong.
It was the Martians that did it for me
Had to look the "wait for it" up, and there it is, in all its glory. That there is some fine writin'. A Harvard grad. They must be so proud.
It reads like something a high schooler would write and she was supposed to be the best black woman (?) judge? This doesn't reflect well on the other black woman judges. When I read the 'wait for it', I was expecting some WTFs and GTFOs in the subsequent paragraphs.
I wish the author of this were writing for Associate Justice Jackson. This article makes more sense than what she writes!
Welcome aboard, Anthony. Had I been drinking anything, I would probably have spit it out laughing. But I gave up drinking for Lent, except for holy water, of course. I am hoping Lent will be over soon. God bless you for bringing your highly-literate wit here to us for free.
You had to remind me of The Rule In Shelley's Case? I still feel sad that he drowned.
Yes, but only after composing such transcending poetry!
And Shelley Berman was a pretty good comic in his time.
Vehemently! "I dissent with unyielding indignation" is my new battle-cry.
I can only dissent with deep disillusionment. The patriarchy of pasty Salem phalluses prevents me from accessing the "unyielding indignation" option.
Many in law school today (or recently done with it) will not get the parody here. They may even read along nodding their heads.
And I cannot agree with hating mayo.
Welcome Anthony. This is a good start. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
That was easier to understand than judge Jackson's dissent
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We should definitely tax the rich and make them pay their fair share which is everything they’ve got.
I cannot thank you enough for this.
Sorry, I don't get it--too much double sarcasm
I suppose it’s a lot of inside lawyer jokes
Exactly.
*Deep* inside lawyer jokes?
Classic AHM
A love a good "holistically"; it's the OG of pretentious words, recently displaced by "disruptive".
The one I can't abide is the ubiquity of "concerning", as in "Jackson's blatant display of the result of affirmative action is concerning. " So much for the sanguine outlook of J. O'Connor, naively assuming we would need a limited time to get the level educational playing field that would render affirmative action a historical remnant. Sadly, we're unlikely to see any left of center President appoint a qualified jurist for the Supremes. Can congress impeach an ignorant and arrogant justice for being a major embarrassment to the nation's judicial system?
Yes. As we have seen, Congress, much like a DA, can impeach a ham sandwich, even one posing as a BIPOC, possibly a woman, Associate Justice. You just need 50%+1 votes in the House and 2/3 of the Senate to agree. Given that Ds in general will side with people who put live babies in microwave ovens and cook them rather than agree with the Bad Orange Man, it's unlikely to happen.