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   From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Oct 2, 2024 at 8:28:15 AM PDT, "moviePig"  wrote:   
      
   > On 10/1/2024 6:04 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>  On Oct 1, 2024 at 2:35:19 PM PDT, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>  On 10/1/2024 5:04 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>    On Oct 1, 2024 at 1:40:36 PM PDT, "moviePig"    
   wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>    On 10/1/2024 3:28 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>>      On Oct 1, 2024 at 1:30:43 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous"    
   >>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>      Leftist author Fran Lebowitz said late last week that President   
   >>>>>>> Joe Biden   
   >>>>>>>      should dissolve the U.S. Supreme Court because she does not like   
   >>>>>>> the fact   
   >>>>>>>      that the majority of justices are constitutional originalists.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>      I must have missed that day in Constitutional Law class where they   
   >>>>>>  taught us   
   >>>>>>      where to find the Constitution's grant of power to the president   
   that   
   >>>>>>  allows   
   >>>>>>      him to just wake up one day and wave his hand like a Hogwarts   
   wizard and   
   >>>>>>    fire   
   >>>>>>      the Supreme Court.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>      I've just now reviewed Article II and I still don't see anything   
   >>>>>>  resembling   
   >>>>>>      "The president shall have the power to dissolve the Supreme Court   
   >>>>>> whenever   
   >>>>>>    it   
   >>>>>>      pisses him off." Maybe it's written in that invisible ink that the   
   >>>>>>  NATIONAL   
   >>>>>>      TREASURE movies teach us the Founders were so fond of.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>      Seriously, though, I'd understand if some green-haired, nose-ringed   
   >>>>>>  teenager   
   >>>>>>      said this, because they're just a product of our public schools,   
   >>>>>> but this   
   >>>>>>      Lebowitz idiot is supposed to be a serious scholar, and *this* is   
   >>>>>> how she   
   >>>>>>      thinks our government runs?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>    "Serious scholar"?  She's a cranky, 73-year old humorist who's as   
   pissed   
   >>>>>    about the Supreme Court as the rest of us should be.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    Why should I be pissed about the Court?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    Because Thomas takes gifts? So do all the other justices, including the   
   >>>>    leftist ones. I'd be in favor of banning that, but that doesn't answer   
   >>>> why I   
   >>>>    should be pissed about *this* Court versus previous ones.   
   >>>   
   >>>  You should be pissed about Thomas because he's a boob.   
   >>   
   >>  Sotomayor is a boob, too.   
   >>   
   >>  Next?   
   >>   
   >>>  You should be pissed about the Court because it's happy to sell out   
   personal   
   >>>  freedom.   
   >>   
   >>  As in?   
   >>   
   >>  (Under this Court, I've regained freedoms that were taken from my by   
   >>  Democrats.)   
   >   
   > Congrats on your restored personal freedoms. I admit I'm more concerned   
   > here with *others'* freedoms, e.g., your girlfriend's, my daughter's...   
      
   My girlfriend supports the Court's repeal of Roe. Not for the same reason I   
   do-- i.e., that the Constitution does not grant the federal government power   
   over health care, so it's properly a matter of state and local jurisdiction   
   per the 10th Amendment-- but she supports it for her own reasons.   
      
   Nevertheless, I don't see why one person's freedom would be more important   
   than someone else's.   
      
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