Good, one less old white guy in power so we can get the ball rolling.

Be quiet, racist pig.

unless i'm misreading your post--are you saying the method by which the supreme court ruled was unconstitutional?

they cut corners, but again--i have trouble caring, because gay marriage's legalization has been overdue for centuries

if it's unconstitutional to amend an unconstitutional law in a nonstandard way, then, uh... okay
why should anyone care

especially this prick judge

Quote from: Meta Cognition on February 16, 2016, 01:03:51 AM

"It's okay if people die, so long as they disagree with me".

And why not? We're a very tribal species.

It's more salient if the disagreement is a fundamental life-or-death clash of values, such as jihadism and Western-Enlightenment culture, rather than a liberal and a conservative. The man made undoubtedly good rulings, he also made undoubtedly bad ones, and ones that were ambiguous. Such can be said of all the other justices. The man also significantly influenced constitutional law.

Disagreeing with the man for some of his opinions and rulings is not a warrant to celebrate his death.

Quote from: Nick McIntyre on February 16, 2016, 12:03:02 AM

Scalia as himself [. . .] was a scumbag

That's even less convincing. Not only is it ludicrous to try and consider him as an individual distinct from his role as a justice--since that pretty much defines anybody's life after occurring--but here is a man who was capable of putting political differences aside for the sake of fulfilling relationships with people as far away from him as Christopher Hitchens, has been a defining character in the development of jurisprudence and studying the constitution and who was able to rule as he thought the constitution demanded he rule as opposed to how his personal opinions would have him rule.

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"Oh should we allow child abusers and pedophiles to be protected now?"

The point he was making was that it's not up the Supreme Court to determine which minorities deserve protection. He brought up paedophiles to illustrate the point, calling them "a deserving minority" precisely because nobody loves them and how much outrage it would cause if the situation were altered.

Do I agree gay marriage should be legal? Of course, but it's not the job of the Court to make it so.

They didn't make it legal. They just made banning it illegal.

Quote from: Jester on February 13, 2016, 06:18:04 PM

Prepare for the shitstorm, boys

It's honestly sad that his death just oh no conservatism vs oh yes progressive

But if we don't retreat to our corners and yell at each other what are we going to do? Agree and get something done quickly? That's not the American way.

Quote from: Jarihat Turkia on February 16, 2016, 03:11:54 PM

AG Loretta Lynch is being considered as a leading replacement.

Her and Sri Srinivasan are regarded as two of the front runners.

Essentially Obama is going for a "There is no fucking reason to not vote on these guys except for political shitflinging" outlet.

Lynch was a controversial pick for AG, so she'd be a hard sell already. Srinivasan would be a great pick, in my unqualified opinion.

Having someone named Lynch as a court Justice just sounds like a comedy sketch.

He was murdered prove me wrong

Courtney Love strikes again

Quote from: Jester on February 17, 2016, 09:36:35 AM

He was murdered prove me wrong

Courtney Love strikes again

I actually believe that

Obama should pick the most activist right wing judge and nominate him just to fuck with the Republicans. Put their wet dream out, and if they obstruct, ask what the problem is and make them look like assholes. If they go to confirm, retract the nomination and put someone centrist up and ask why they were willing to act then but not now.