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Do You Want Justices Who Think For Themselves or Don’t You?

Posted: January 10, 2025 by datechguy in the courts
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One of the things I’ve complained about for years is that the left chooses justices because they can reliably be counted on to vote for their priorities rather than based on the law, that is, they don’t examine the law and come to a conclusion producing an argument to support that conclusion, they start with the conclusion they want and then create an argument to bend or break the law to obtain that conclusion. For example you will not find a single 7-2 decision last year where the “2” included 2 of the three liberal justices.

I’ve also complained about old yellowstain Justice Roberts noting that he is almost always a conditional vote for the left, that is, if an issue is one the left considers vital politically then he will wait to see where the tally is.

If there are five votes against it, then he’ll vote with the conservatives as he can’t make a difference, but if he is the swing vote, he will reliably vote with the left. (If you want evidence look at this chart. I found only one case last year when Roberts voted against Sotomayor in a 5-4 decision that went conservative)

Now I think this is a bad thing, I think that a justice should look at the law, look at the constitution and then make a ruling based on that, not on what is politically expedient for their own side. If I thought for one moment that that liberal three were doing this, I would not have an issue with how they vote, but the evidence that this was the case is that you would occasionally see one of them vote with the right or be alone in a 8-1 decision.

Or take Justice Thomas he as a specific philosophy concerning the Constitution that is well known being that the Constitution means what is says and you will constantly see him vote based on that philosophy even if he is alone.

And that brings us to Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh

You might note that occasionally the left will win a decision because Gorsuch or Barrett or Kavanaugh (less often) will vote with them and Roberts will join with the left (the one exception last year being Department of Education v. Louisiana where Roberts didn’t join with Gorsuch in voting with the left).

This is because Gorsuch, Barrett and Kavanaugh not being political stooges will occasionally have a different opinion on a subject than the conservative line. In real life this is considered normal and healthy, particularly when you are considering scholars looking at deep arguments formed over centuries of constitutional law.

This is how I want my justices to be so when I occasionally get a ruling that might give a slight political advantage to the left because, such as the ruling not to stay the sentencing of Trump today I’m not going to start saying things like this.

and this:

and this

I just shake my head.

If you put people who think in positions of power occasionally they will think differently than you. That’s the whole point of an independent judiciary rather than a political one.

Either you want an independent judiciary or you don’t. I want one.

And frankly as a person for whom the pro-life cause takes precedence if the cost of repealing Roe was this decision I’d take it six days a week and twice on sunday.

Closing thought: I actually think that allowing the sentencing is to Trump’s advantage in the long term myself, but that’s a post for another day.

Under the Fedora: An Accurate Assessment, DA Bragg’s priorities, So Bad even the MSM can’t spin it, An idiot no longer Useful, Stacy on Susan Wojcicki

Posted: August 16, 2024 by datechguy in education, election 2024, immigration, the courts, under the fedora
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This assessment of the situation in England is better than anything else I’ve read

Not since 1066 has a government in my land so hated and despised the people it rules, and been so determined to enslave, reduce, deny, exploit and destroy them. What is happening with mass immigration, with unacknowledged but real Muslim conquest, and with erasure from both the history books and the streets, represents a deliberate attempt to expunge a distinct people from the world, to consign them solely to history. And if you don’t believe that is true, visit the parts of Birmingham or London or Bradford where it has already happened, and find me an Englishman there.

There is also an excellent bit of history about the Norman Conquest and its aftermath well worth your time.

The difference between how DA Allen Bragg treats people who are considered a danger to Democrat re-election efforts vs a danger to police or innocent Jews is illustrated here:

James Carlson, who also goes by Cody, burned an Israeli flag, violently stormed Columbia’s Hamilton Hall, clashed with a facilities worker, and allegedly broke a police camera while detained. He was arrested on April 20 on a misdemeanor arson charge and again on April 30, the day that New York City police swept Columbia and cleared Hamilton Hall, for burglary, a felony in New York.

By the time Carlson and other Hamilton Hall arrestees attended their June court hearings, however, the Manhattan district attorney’s office—led by Alvin Bragg—opted to pursue a reduced charge against Carlson: criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor. As a result, Carlson, a trust fund kid who specializes in animal rights law and lists his $2.3 million Brooklyn townhouse on his active New York attorney registration, faces little risk of losing his license.

Via Hotair. Never forget that if Trump was the pre 2015 Trump who was not consider a threat to Democrats holding power his case would never have seen the light of day.

How Bad was the Walz Pick by Kamala Harris, this bad:

Two things to remember about this story:
  1. The Walz pick was the first decision made by Kamala as the Democrat candidate for president.
  2. This is the same media that has done their level best to raise up and protect Harris from the moment Biden was forced out.

Almost more interesting is the media sudden volte face on Hunter Biden.

A CNN panel reacted on Wednesday to the news that Hunter Biden reportedly sought help from the U.S. government for a possibly financially beneficial energy project in Italy while his father was vice president, and said it felt “very strange.” 

“This isn‘t great. Hunter Biden, everybody in the White House has known for a long time, is an issue. The way that his lawyers responded to this disclosure saying, ‘Well, yeah, he sent letters but did nothing wrong.’ This feels very strange to people that the vice president‘s son was sending letters or making requests to other government officials and saying, ‘Hey, would you meet with this company?’,” CNN’s Edward-Isaac Dovere said.

The killer quote however is this:

“One of the other things The New York Times reports here is that this document was suddenly shaken loose from the U.S. bureaucracy of the week that President Biden dropped out of the race,” CNN host Kasie Hunt said. “They claim it’s a coincidence.”

It’s amazing what can happen when an idiot is no longer useful

Math and Logic are important and Stacy McCain notes both with discussing the COVID Vaccines and the death of former Youtube Boss who was in charge when I was kicked off the platform:

My point is that two things can be simultaneously true: (1) the COVID-19 vaccines inflicted no serious harm on the vast majority of patients who got vaccinated against the virus, and (2) there are many thousands of people who suffered serious side effects of the vaccines, including hundreds who died as a result of getting vaccinated. You don’t need any expertise in epidemiology to ujnderstand this; it’s just simple math.

OK, so it is probably just a coincidence that pro-vaccine fanatic Susan Wojcicki died of lung cancer at age 56, a little more than three years after the COVID vaccines became available. For my friend to suggest that it was “turbo cancer” is not justified by any available evidence, and it’s probably impolite even to discuss it.

But is it wrong? Well, I can’t say that for certain, and neither can you. Logic requires that we reserve judgment when encountering the unknown, and mRNA vaccines are so new that potential side effects are definitely in the realm of the unknown.

The math is simple:

If you tell me, for example, that mRNA vaccines have been proven 99.9% safe, what you’re actually telling me is, one in 1,000 patients will suffer serious side effects. And if you’re going to administer such vaccines to many millions of people, simple multiplication tells you that there will be a thousand “bad” cases for every million of patients who get the vaccine.

As far as the death of Ms Wojcicki all I know for sure is she was loved by God and Christ died for her sins along with everyone else’s. I hope and pray that she took advantage of said mercy when offered.

I also know that you should subscribe to Stacy McCain’s substack.

Just Remember the Same People Who Will Be Deciding in Court if Election2024 is on the Up and Up…

Posted: July 27, 2024 by datechguy in election 2024, the courts
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…are the ones who are dropping charges against terrorist sympathizers in DC while imprisoning people for praying in front of abortion clinics.

Oh and they’ll be backed up by the same press that are re-writing history to protect Kamala Harris & reporting the events in DC as “mostly peaceful”.

That is all.

Five One Line Thoughts Under the Fedora Cenk Uygur & Bill Maher, What’s in it for Joe?, Has all the lawfare been Garland’s Vengeance? The Ten Point Jewish Vote Solution, Never Forget this is Chaim Bloom’s Red Sox Team

Posted: July 11, 2024 by datechguy in baseball, Blame Biden Administration, election 2024, middle east, politics, the courts, Uncomfortable Truths, under the fedora
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I think the only people in the media left whose opinion on Joe Biden should be considered are Cenk Uygur & Bill Maher as they were the only two people willing to acknowledge Joe Biden’s state before June 27 2024.

Given that Joe Biden is the exact same man today as he was on June 26th 2024 when the entire media/left except Maher & Uygur insisted he was fine and dandy and the utilitarian nature of leftist’s like him, can anybody explain to me what is Joe Biden’s incentive to voluntarily surrender either the Democrat Nomination or the presidency?

It hit me today that Joe Biden mental state being what it is might all the lawfare against Conservatives in general (Bannon, Praying Grandmothers etc) and Donald Trump in particular be a function not so much of the Biden Administration/campaign and it’s mentally failing leader but Merrick Garland himself taking personal revenge on those he blames for keeping off of the Supreme Court?

If the left embracing and protecting people who want them dead has only cost the Democrats ten points among Jews, why would anybody think that the revelations about media lies concerning Joe Biden would make a big difference to an electorate whose lives are not at stake?

Finally Boston fans enjoying a young and dynamic RedSox team surging into the final wild card spot and prepare to surge perhaps even higher should not forget this would not have been possible if the now fired Chaim Bloom had listened to all those folks in the media who wanted him to deal away these prospects who are now making their mark.

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