Jan. 4th, 2006
Alabama Supreme Court justice Tom Parker writes en editorial deriding his fellow justices as being idiots for... following precedent and upholding the law?
Apparently he believes that Article VI of the US Constitution is unconstitutional, and that US Supreme Court rulings that he doesn't like shouldn't be followed. He also apparently can't read or count, since he argues that the changes in the Supreme Court would result in the ruling being given a new hearing and a new result. This is unlikely, since Rehnquist and O'Connor both dissented from Roper.
He doesn't try to argue that this case is any different from the precedent - he just thinks the precedent is wrong, because executing minors and retards is what Alabama is all about, and anyone who says otherwise is a liberal and hence a prime candidate for the "execute the retards" rule.
Speaking of insane US judges, the Bangor Daily News Editorial for Monday is entitled "Judge Alito's values threaten Maine's way of life". It's a good read for anyone who thinks that Alito might, say, support enforcing the law as written when it inconveniences people who pay him enough, or consider that citizens might have rights.
Apparently he believes that Article VI of the US Constitution is unconstitutional, and that US Supreme Court rulings that he doesn't like shouldn't be followed. He also apparently can't read or count, since he argues that the changes in the Supreme Court would result in the ruling being given a new hearing and a new result. This is unlikely, since Rehnquist and O'Connor both dissented from Roper.
He doesn't try to argue that this case is any different from the precedent - he just thinks the precedent is wrong, because executing minors and retards is what Alabama is all about, and anyone who says otherwise is a liberal and hence a prime candidate for the "execute the retards" rule.
Speaking of insane US judges, the Bangor Daily News Editorial for Monday is entitled "Judge Alito's values threaten Maine's way of life". It's a good read for anyone who thinks that Alito might, say, support enforcing the law as written when it inconveniences people who pay him enough, or consider that citizens might have rights.
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Jan. 4th, 2006 12:16 pmAustralians experiment to determine what type of car is most likely to survive being caught in the backwash of a 747's engines.
With videos!
Oh, and:
Rogersse! Missing the wedding ring, though.
With videos!
Oh, and:
Rogersse! Missing the wedding ring, though.
Backwards, barbaric, ignorant hicks.
Jan. 4th, 2006 01:13 pm
Florida woman shot in face by .45 caliber bullet while watching New Year's celebrations.
Of course, this being the USA, we have: "An investigation determined that the bullet came from someone who fired into the sky to ring in the New Year."
"The bullet destroyed Ruby Cintron's eye and became lodged in her skull behind an eye socket. Doctors said removing the bullet means removing her eye, which is already destroyed. Cintron, who does not have health insurance, was forced to leave the hospital Tuesday because she cannot afford further care for her injuries,"
"Since Cintron is not a U.S. citizen, she does not qualify for aid"
And what are they doing about finding the person respondible?
"Police hope the person who fired the shot will turn themselves in to authorities."
