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Thread #56955   Message #894687
Posted By: Bobert
20-Feb-03 - 06:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: Constitutional Guarantees
Subject: RE: BS: Constitutional Guarantees
Mark:

I hope you're right. This Supreme Court is considered a "stick constructionist" court but they almost wrote law in deciding that Bush won the election in Bush v Gore in writing that Bush could be damaged by... ahhhhh... the truth. That one scared me. Talk about an activist court, that Bush complains about all the time. If it weren't for the activism of this Court, he'd be back in Texas.

That's why I'm seeing a lot of 5-4's. The first test will be Afirmative Action. Granted, it may have it's flaws, but for a Supreme Court to find justification to kill it, when it has been upheld in other courts would take a stretch on their part, something that strict construstionists generally don't do....

Bobert