tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post5751867358226149654..comments2024-03-19T15:24:48.864-07:00Comments on Green Eagle: The Strange Descent of Antonin ScaliaGreen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-75570428534824930452015-07-14T00:34:53.446-07:002015-07-14T00:34:53.446-07:00Thanks for this. It was very interesting. I'm ...Thanks for this. It was very interesting. I'm looking forward to looking more into it. Actually, not really. Reading Scalia makes my brain hurt and my eyes bleed.<br /><br />I liked what you pointed about concerning his comments on the 14th amendment meaning that since marriage was defined as x when the amendment was written, that's what it means today. Too bad that legal reasoning doesn't apply to the 2nd amendment and he thinks we should only be allowed muskets.<br /><br />Also, one more thing, and I have not looked into this a lot, but a rule of interpreting statutes is to give every word meaning and to interpret it in such a way that nothing is redundant or superfluous. But everyone seems to ignore the first clause of the 2nd amendment.Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-88787087887189828652015-07-07T19:08:54.411-07:002015-07-07T19:08:54.411-07:00Nobody better try to take Green Eagle's wife, ...Nobody better try to take Green Eagle's wife, or they are going to have some terrible parrot bites all over them.Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-53477232376143434502015-07-07T15:33:08.216-07:002015-07-07T15:33:08.216-07:00He's so full of himself, he thinks he's He...He's so full of himself, he thinks he's Henny Youngman..."Take my wife...Please!"Poll P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-32825104265477188052015-07-07T06:13:22.822-07:002015-07-07T06:13:22.822-07:00And by the way, for anyone that noticed, sorry for...And by the way, for anyone that noticed, sorry for leaving the a off of Scalia's name in the title of this piece. Somehow I missed it when I copied and pasted it from my original.Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-63460556857674961922015-07-06T14:57:33.374-07:002015-07-06T14:57:33.374-07:00Thank you for this piece, Green Eagle. Justice Sc...Thank you for this piece, Green Eagle. Justice Scalia's pronouncements are sometimes terrifying. That business about marriage limiting one's ability to speak independently I think indicates something very emotionally unhealthy with him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-38771795273052963922015-07-06T10:39:46.127-07:002015-07-06T10:39:46.127-07:00Well, that's pretty much exactly what I am say...Well, that's pretty much exactly what I am saying here. Maybe throwing off his mask will be good for us, because he has been getting his way for decades now, and at least this may wake some people up to the irrational, corrupt way that Republicans like Scalia feel free to use their power.<br /><br />Fat chance, huh? I'm afraid we're all going down with the ship.Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-85205639066030326532015-07-06T09:01:29.430-07:002015-07-06T09:01:29.430-07:00Conservative jurists like Scalia follow the same p...Conservative jurists like Scalia follow the same pattern as "Creation science" researchers. Instead of letting the facts lead them to a conclusion, they begin with a pre-determined conclusion, then look to shape the evidence to support it. Scalia seems to have gone a step further. He no longer bothers trying to concoct any legal arguments supporting his conclusion, he just throws rhetorical bombs at anyone who thinks differently and screams "unfair!" if the majority doesn't side with him.Professor Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983291640844939759noreply@blogger.com