Who is your favorite Supreme Court Justice? Forum
- Eugenie Danglars
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I like anyone who quotes "an uncommonly silly law," at least temporarily
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Kennedy, without a doubt. I fall in love with him every time I read Lawrence v. Texas.
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Scalia's dissent in Lawrence and also in Romer v. Evans are probably the two most offensive modern legal opinions I've encountered. Hate that guy.the lantern wrote:Kennedy, without a doubt. I fall in love with him every time I read Lawrence v. Texas.
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Thurexcellent Marshall, Brennan.
My Ks prof got me to appreciate Ellen Peters, but she's not SCOTUS.
My Ks prof got me to appreciate Ellen Peters, but she's not SCOTUS.
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Agreed. I'm not following the Scalia love. I understand he writes with more clarity than the rest of the judges, but his opinions are just insufferable. More often than not it seems that he decides based upon his emotions and then will construct a seemingly plausible reason for why he's right rather than the other way around. Like in DC v. Heller, if you read both the opinion and dissent, you realize that for a person who hammers away at "This is not specifically stated in the Constitution!" he will nitpick and make things where they aren't when his personal opinion wants it that way. I understand that all Justices do so to an extent, but it's just insufferable because he uses such vitriol in his writings and is positively socially regressive.Flips88 wrote:Scalia's dissent in Lawrence and also in Romer v. Evans are probably the two most offensive modern legal opinions I've encountered. Hate that guy.the lantern wrote:Kennedy, without a doubt. I fall in love with him every time I read Lawrence v. Texas.
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Maybe it's just me, but I've always thought that Souter had some of the most lucid prose. The ones I've had to read have always been pretty clear, but they could be the anomaly for all I know.crossarmant wrote:Agreed. I'm not following the Scalia love. I understand he writes with more clarity than the rest of the judges, but his opinions are just insufferable. More often than not it seems that he decides based upon his emotions and then will construct a seemingly plausible reason for why he's right rather than the other way around. Like in DC v. Heller, if you read both the opinion and dissent, you realize that for a person who hammers away at "This is not specifically stated in the Constitution!" he will nitpick and make things where they aren't when his personal opinion wants it that way. I understand that all Justices do so to an extent, but it's just insufferable because he uses such vitriol in his writings and is positively socially regressive.Flips88 wrote:Scalia's dissent in Lawrence and also in Romer v. Evans are probably the two most offensive modern legal opinions I've encountered. Hate that guy.the lantern wrote:Kennedy, without a doubt. I fall in love with him every time I read Lawrence v. Texas.
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dunno. Posner's idea that preventing same-sex sexual harassment might give men license to run around in high-heels is pretty bad.Flips88 wrote:Scalia's dissent in Lawrence and also in Romer v. Evans are probably the two most offensive modern legal opinions I've encountered. Hate that guy.the lantern wrote:Kennedy, without a doubt. I fall in love with him every time I read Lawrence v. Texas.
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Kennedy's an interesting guy. I find it interesting when people say he has too much power-he is a swing voter but I don't think that's accurate or fair just because he doesn't have as easily identifiable an ideology as other justices. I guess what I mean is-it is descriptively true, but when people make a normative statement on this it doesn't make sense. He has too much power because he doesn't have a wrought-iron ideology? That says more about the Court than it does about him.the lantern wrote:Kennedy, without a doubt. I fall in love with him every time I read Lawrence v. Texas.
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Exactly. A court that should be ruling with an unbiased mind is quite predictable in almost all of their decisions depending on their ideology (aka political-party association).reformed calvinist wrote:Kennedy's an interesting guy. I find it interesting when people say he has too much power-he is a swing voter but I don't think that's accurate or fair just because he doesn't have as easily identifiable an ideology as other justices. I guess what I mean is-it is descriptively true, but when people make a normative statement on this it doesn't make sense. He has too much power because he doesn't have a wrought-iron ideology? That says more about the Court than it does about him.the lantern wrote:Kennedy, without a doubt. I fall in love with him every time I read Lawrence v. Texas.
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Seeing a lot of ideologically based Scalia-hate
I'm a big fan of Jackson. You can literally read his opinions as recreational prose
I'm a big fan of Jackson. You can literally read his opinions as recreational prose
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Well he typically contorts his ridiculous constitutional framework to meet some end. Like how he wants to limit federal power under the commerce clause, except where something like completely localized marijuana is involved. Then the commerce power gives them the power to regulate it.jd20132013 wrote:Seeing a lot of ideologically based Scalia-hate
I'm a big fan of Jackson. You can literally read his opinions as recreational prose
- Drake014
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Yeah... his opinions are littered with hypocritical bullshit like that.Flips88 wrote:Well he typically contorts his ridiculous constitutional framework to meet some end. Like how he wants to limit federal power under the commerce clause, except where something like completely localized marijuana is involved. Then the commerce power gives them the power to regulate it.jd20132013 wrote:Seeing a lot of ideologically based Scalia-hate
I'm a big fan of Jackson. You can literally read his opinions as recreational prose
People think Thomas is an idiot, and sometimes he is, but he's not the hypocrite that Scalia is.
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+1NYC Law wrote:Louis Brandeis and it isn't even close.
Douglas called him "a militant crusader for social justice." He invented the right to privacy; advocated for government transparency ("sunshine is the best disinfectant"); was a vigorous defender of freedom of speech, and has been driving law students insane for 75 years by inventing the Eire doctrine.
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Dozo. solid ass writer.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg ftw.
also:
also:
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That's funny, because I was hoping for the exact opposite.eliekedourie wrote:I'm hoping that this is just ignorance or an innocent troll and not an attempt to sabotage the OP's future interview.bartleby wrote:learned hand
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Justice Derpington
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Current: Scalia by far.
All-time: I like Harlan (the younger, though the older wasn't bad either) a lot, as well as Frankfurter. Those two and Scalia would probably be top 3.
All-time: I like Harlan (the younger, though the older wasn't bad either) a lot, as well as Frankfurter. Those two and Scalia would probably be top 3.
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Scalia's dissent in Lawrence is one of my favorite opinions of all time (though it is not nearly as good as his concurrence in judgment in part/dissent in part in Casey). The majority opinion in Romer v. Evans is one of the most poorly reasoned ever. Scalia was totally right to tear it apart.Flips88 wrote:Scalia's dissent in Lawrence and also in Romer v. Evans are probably the two most offensive modern legal opinions I've encountered. Hate that guy.the lantern wrote:Kennedy, without a doubt. I fall in love with him every time I read Lawrence v. Texas.
Note, this has nothing to do with my personal feelings towards homosexuals. The decisions in Lawrence and Romer are just wrong, regardless of ideology.
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McReynolds was quite the character.
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- Gamecubesupreme
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I have yet to read a SCOTUS opinion worse than Eldred v. Ashcroft.ndirish2010 wrote:The majority opinion in Romer v. Evans is one of the most poorly reasoned ever. Scalia was totally right to tear it apart.
Even though I might have an IP bias, that decision was just awful.
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So was Brown v. Board wrong also? It was overturning policies implemented by a political majority based on animus toward a specific group?ndirish2010 wrote: Note, this has nothing to do with my personal feelings towards homosexuals. The decisions in Lawrence and Romer are just wrong, regardless of ideology.
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I thought Shady Grove was a complete OUTRAGE
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No because I think the separate but equal doctrine was an erroneous application of the Equal Protection Clause. I'm not sure how any interpretation of the Due Process Clause can invalidate state laws like the one in Lawrence. It's obviously, as Justice Stewart would say, an "uncommonly silly law." But it's not unconstitutional.Flips88 wrote:So was Brown v. Board wrong also? It was overturning policies implemented by a political majority based on animus toward a specific group?ndirish2010 wrote: Note, this has nothing to do with my personal feelings towards homosexuals. The decisions in Lawrence and Romer are just wrong, regardless of ideology.
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