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Reconstruction. the majority opinion said there must be some stage when the freed slave takes the rank of a mere citizen and ceases to be the special favorite of the laws." scalia also drew attention for basically saying senators couldnt possibly vote against the voting rights act and so the supreme court would have to intervene. the legal expert at think progress said, "if the theory were taken seriously by a majority of the justices, it would potentially undermine medicare, social security, an...

For up to 16 hours of relief, try thermacare. welcome back to "the ed show." justice antonin scalias assault on the voting rights act is still sending shock waves. in yesterdays oral arguments on section 5 of the voting rights act scalia said, "whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, its very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes." this is not about racial entitlements. its about equal access to the ballot. well, the reaction today has been pretty fierce. t...

Arguments made by the supreme court in the 19th century when it was dismantling reconstruction. the majority opinion said there must be some stage when the freed slave takes the rank of a mere citizen and ceases to be the special favorite of the laws." scalia also drew attention for basically saying senators couldnt possibly vote against the voting rights act and so the supreme court would have to intervene. the legal expert at think progress said, "if the theory were taken seriously by a majori...

We will go through with sequestration in the military, and three months from now america will be every bit as safe as it was before. these predictions that oh, our security will be in trouble will be gone, but theres one other very important point that needs to be made, and its a point youve been making and others. lets now mark the death of an argument that federal spending has no positive effect on the economy. when we were doing the economic recovery bill, the stimulus, when we have been talk...

Its about equal access to the ballot. well, the reaction today has been pretty fierce. the american prospect says "scalias argument has precedent. in the white supremacist arguments made by the supreme court in the 19th century when it was dismantling reconstruction. the majority opinion said there must be some stage when the freed slave takes the rank of a mere citizen and ceases to be the special favorite of the laws." scalia also drew attention for basically saying senators couldnt possibly v...

America will be every bit as safe as it was before. these predictions that oh, our security will be in trouble will be gone, but theres one other very important point that needs to be made, and its a point youve been making and others. lets now mark the death of an argument that federal spending has no positive effect on the economy. when we were doing the economic recovery bill, the stimulus, when we have been talking about spending on highways or providing funds for local governments, the righ...