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Thread #127796 Message #2854578
Posted By: mousethief
02-Mar-10 - 07:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: Rightie Supremes in a Pickle???
Subject: RE: BS: Rightie Supremes in a Pickle???
"...the Federal government trumps states rights..."
This principle was settled back in the middle of the 19th Century.... by the Civil War.
That's certainly not what the right thinks. "States' Rights" is one of their favourite war cries.
Given that the Supreme court is supposed to make legal not political decisions, a record of voting tendencies might make a basis for a recusal application on a political case.
Like the vote that made Dubya president in 2000? Certainly basis for recusal there. Didn't happen.