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Chuck Todd: Ricci Majority "Legislated From The Bench"

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Media
Posted on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 09:49:26 AM EST
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What's funny about that clip? Joe Scarborough acts as if the phrase has never been said before. Of course he never heard it applied to judicially activist conservative jurists before. He was nonplussed. Pretty funny. Good job Chuck Todd!!

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    Chuck Todd: Ricci Majority "Legislated From The Bench" | 15 comments (15 topical)

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    Joe Scarborough rendered speechless. (5.00 / 2) (#3)
    by byteb on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 11:51:09 AM EST
    I thought this an impossible thing.

    Hats off to Chuck Todd.

    Chuck Todd... (5.00 / 0) (#5)
    by Dadler on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 12:45:49 PM EST
    ...does seem comically apologetic at the end for having to spoil Joe's lunch, when I wish he could've added a bit of righteous thunder to that rimshot.

    Still, Scarburro is such an empty jackass, he doesn't even want to pretend to care.

    Can I just say (5.00 / 0) (#10)
    by Steve M on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 07:12:42 PM EST
    anyone who actually says "SCOTUS" out loud deserves a one-week suspension from the airwaves.

    Please, she's (5.00 / 0) (#11)
    by NYShooter on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 08:09:33 PM EST
    embarrassing enough;

    No piling on


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    Was she this bad during the election (5.00 / 0) (#12)
    by samtaylor2 on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 08:29:42 PM EST
    or has she got worse?  I can't stand to hear her anymore

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    Very difficult (5.00 / 0) (#13)
    by NYShooter on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 08:42:34 PM EST
    to describe her flaws; it's total, complete.

    She carries her ignorance so gracefully, so effortlessly

    She, simply, is a flaw.


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    ouch, but so well said (none / 0) (#15)
    by samtaylor2 on Wed Jul 01, 2009 at 12:38:25 PM EST


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    ad hominem attacks (2.00 / 0) (#7)
    by diogenes on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 04:46:14 PM EST
    I guess you need something to distract from the fact the large majority of Americans agrees with the Ricci decision.

    HahaHa Haaaa (5.00 / 0) (#8)
    by squeaky on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 04:51:08 PM EST
    Blowing numbers through your butt? Is that the same large majority that supported McCain to trounce Obama. Oh wait, that news was from the same fraudulent pollster who told you that a large majority of Americans are in favor of doing away with Title VII...

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    I wonder (none / 0) (#9)
    by Steve M on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 07:12:37 PM EST
    whether you deem it equally relevant that a large majority of Americans agree with Roe v. Wade.

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    Activist Judges (none / 0) (#1)
    by Carolyn in Baltimore on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 10:22:49 AM EST
    I believe that the stats bear out that it is 'conservative' Justices ad Judges who throw out laws they don't like or interpret them in ways not intended by the legislatures. So it is always funny to me that Activist Judges are always seen as the liberal ones.

    Lets (none / 0) (#2)
    by Wile ECoyote on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 10:35:14 AM EST
    see the stats.  

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    New York Times (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by Carolyn in Baltimore on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 12:47:06 PM EST
    The New York Times defined judicial activism as a vote that runs counter to or strikes down a law passed by Congress. Ruling to change legislation is a pretty good measurement of "legislating from the bench." The tally for justices is below:

    Thomas 65.63 %
    Kennedy 64.06 %
    Scalia 56.25 %
    Rehnquist 46.88 %
    O'Connor 46.77 %
    Souter 42.19 %
    Stevens 39.34 %
    Ginsburg 39.06 %
    Breyer 28.13 %

    There was some discussion of this on several blogs.

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    Thank you (none / 0) (#14)
    by Wile ECoyote on Wed Jul 01, 2009 at 09:25:26 AM EST
    "progressives" get a huge pass on this site by vague pronouncements only and not showing links.  

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    Nonplussed! Perfect description. (none / 0) (#4)
    by oldpro on Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 12:38:28 PM EST
    And very, very funny to watch!

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