The media will have to fall to the absolute bottom of the barrel before they can claim any credibility.

belad on May 3, 2009 at 10:04 PM

Gulp. You mean there is really someplace below where they are now? I can’t really get a mental image of what that might look like. Can cred be measured in negative numbers?

The media has become a non-entity. They have achieved this by being partisan. Had they done the job that they were supposed to, we probably wouldn’t be in the mess that we’re in.

The media will have to fall to the absolute bottom of the barrel before they can claim any credibility.

If this wasn’t so serious to the health of the U.S., it would be a damned funny joke…Obama, a centrist?
BACK AWAY FROM THE CRACK PIPE!
O’bunghole will apoint another leftist “Rube in a Robe” to replace this idiot Souter.
“The First and Second Amendments were obsolete soon after they were ratified.” Barrack H. Obama

. . . One can leave a legacy of upholding constitutional values and strict constructionism. Unfortunately, in this day of anti-constitutional judicial activists, writing opinions that uphold constitutional construction are more noteworthy than they should be.

Scalia’s writings will be noteworthy and a legacy not because of activism, but because of the clear, concise definition of constitutional limits that they contain. Even his dissenting views (such as the McCain-Feingold destruction of the first amendment) clearly define original intent and what the court should have ruled.

So, yes, one can have a legacy without being an activist.

AZfederalist on May 2, 2009 at 1:18 PM

Exactly right; well said.

For example, if hate crime legislation goes to the SC, conservative justices will strike it down, and liberal justices will uphold it, just as day follows night.

For Souter, he was a blank before he was confirmed. It shouldn’t be a surprise he was a blank during his tenure.

And again….LOL.

Just curious…what are your gripes about the state of New Hampshire? You seem to be mighty snippy about the place.

And yes, I live there.

Del Dolemonte on May 2, 2009 at 8:23 PM

Spill over from Massachusetts, much like Rhode Island.

But at the same time, he did fail to recognize the obvious timeline problem that would have been prompted by the consequences of his proposed remedy being applied in that regard.

The fact was that Al Gore did not want real uniform standards applied statewide, ones that would have truly satisfied the requirements of Equal Protection. That is because Gore and his people knew that the result would ultimately be a loss — as the media “studies” subsequently bore out — to their chagrin!

By the way, in my experience liberals tend to go out of their minds when you remind them of Part C of Souter’s Opinion, or for that matter, Part I-A-1 of Breyer’s Opinion.

That’s because they really rendered the decision into a qualified 7-2 opinion in that regard.

In fact, those two opinions may ultimately come to influence the outcome of the senatorial race in Minnesota. And, that may not prove to be to the benefit of the former comedian.

I’ll remember him as a symbol of how ineffectual G.W.H. Bush was.

Realist on May 2, 2009 at 12:05 PM

Yes and I’ll remember him as a symbol of how you cannot trust anyone based on someone elses vague promises. Thank you, you jowly, fat Arab terrorist loving, bastard John Sununu. Also thank you Ronald Reagan for giving us that mediocrtiy named GHS Bush.

Sounds a lot like Clarence Thomas’s career so far. I can never figure out why he’s a hero to you guys.

That’s because you’re clueless. Clarence Thomas is a brilliant jurist. Souter is a lightweight, and always was a lightweight (much like our new President).

SOUTER CRIED REPEATEDLY IN HIS OFFICE AFTER BUSH V. GORE DECISION.

Bubba Redneck on May 3, 2009 at 5:19 AM

I’ll go with “slightly less of a waste of space than Perez Hilton.”

He will be very much at home with the rest of New England. Can we talk those guys into going back to France?

After the vicious character assassination of the utterly deserving Robert Bork, conservative Presidents felt forced to nominate non-entities… and the nation has suffered as a result.

philwynk on May 2, 2009 at 7:39 PM

Which is a great example of the spinelessness of the GOP. At least the Democrats were willing to do what it takes. The GOP? Not so much.

Until we flush the careerist b*st*rds who live inside the beltway but pretend to represent the GOP we will continue to be beaten like red-headed stepchildren by the Dims. Because even though they aren’t that bright, they are that committed to their agenda.

We are at a tipping point in our history, and the days are growing short for good people to save their Republic from tyranny.

But they always do. First, we get the we can’t have litmus tests b.s. even though that is exactly what the donks do. Then we get the we are better than they are.

What? I’m sure even right now Obama is considering a pro-life member of the Federalist Society for the seat that is now open.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA

I kill me.

It is like the article we were discussing earlier, the Republicans play by “the rules”, while the Democrats openly flout them – when they and their media aren’t making the rules, that is.