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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:21 PM Original message |
Sotomayor Issues Challenge to a Century of Corporate Law |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. YES!!! K&R. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
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BREMPRO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
326. corporate wing of the freeper trolls can't handle reasoned argument... |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #326 |
362. LOL, I never even got to see the replies before the TS. Funny how |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Right on judge! |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
291. I'm Not Sure if This is True |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #291 |
296. You are correct |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is great |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
295. Thanks for the case cite. I don't think the SCOTUS did that in the Union Pacific case. |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
319. Don't get too excited |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #319 |
358. The seeds for revolutions in American thought are often planted in |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
370. At last we have some intelligent in the Supreme Court |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good for her. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's encouraging! |
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DaLittle Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
191. Lets Pray For Her To Have The Utmost Skill In Her Powers Of PERSUASION! |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 06:03 AM Response to Reply #191 |
233. Kitty.... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #191 |
247. She needs to persuade Ginsburg, Breyer, both of whom were also appointed by |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #247 |
327. Kennedy - blech |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #247 |
363. Scalia, in particular, is in a very tough place. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #191 |
308. You're probably right. |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. WOW--right out of the gate! |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
90. Indeed and a very strong start. nt |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Perhaps this statement lays the foundation for a challenge... |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I bet Justice Ginsburg is sooo happy. She really wanted another woman on the court and |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. That's pretty much in keeping with Chief Justice Marshall's take |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
93. What would he know about original intent, though? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #93 |
321. According to Republicans Chief Justice Marshall either knew squat about oiriginal intent |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
50. Ah ha, nicely played Justice Ginsburg. |
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DaLittle Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
352. MORE Appropriately... A person Being Equal To A CORPORATION? That Is The POINT! |
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DaLittle Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #352 |
355. THINK Again About WHY The Legal Structure of A Corporation Came About? To Protect The "persons" Who |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #355 |
365. Excellent point. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #355 |
393. +1 n/t |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
79. Wow! That is TRUE! A corporation is NOT endowed by its creator with inalienable rights. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #79 |
254. There is no such thing as an "inalienable right." Just ask the Jews whom |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #254 |
371. Infringing on those inalienable rights... |
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moonbatmax (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
92. That statement may be debatable... |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #92 |
98. Let us put it simply: corporations DID NOT EXIST when our country was founded. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #98 |
112. At the time of our country's founding |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #112 |
257. It will make a difference, no matter how the case turns out. She has created an opening to start |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #112 |
262. Joint stock companies were corporations or enough like them. They |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #262 |
284. Actually the Joint Stock Companies all failed |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #284 |
286. I never said they were financially successful, though, only that they existed. |
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Localist (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #284 |
389. Joint stock companies were government run companies... what do you mean? |
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Beer on a stick (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #98 |
144. Quite simply, yes, they did. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #144 |
156. See #155. |
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BREMPRO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #144 |
164. great link to the history of corporate "personhood"- a clerical mistake...exploited |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #164 |
264. From which source are you quoting? |
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BREMPRO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #264 |
274. this one: |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #274 |
322. Thank you. |
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ArcticFox (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #98 |
200. careful there |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #200 |
206. They have, indeed. However... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #206 |
325. Please see Reply 295. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #98 |
260. corporations did exist at the founding |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #260 |
329. Hudson's Bay was a corporation. British East India was a joint stock company. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #98 |
313. "I'll take Hudson's Bay Company for 200, Alex." |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #92 |
119. you have got to be kidding? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #92 |
124. The Founders feared capital . . . probably as much as they feared CHURCH . . . |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #124 |
253. I wish that were so, but I don't think it was. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #253 |
299. Thomas Jefferson count as one of the founders? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #299 |
315. That does not contradict what I said though. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #315 |
336. Are you arguing that capital and corporations are the same thing? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #315 |
342. Believe he was commenting on the ability to use ... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #299 |
341. Thank you -- there's a lot of other stuff on it -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #253 |
338. Yes, founders feared the power of capital . . . |
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Beer on a stick (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #92 |
142. Therein lies the rub: the DOI is NOT a governing legal document. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #142 |
306. True, but |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #92 |
154. I thought the essence of free market capitalisim |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #154 |
207. And we have a winner. n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #154 |
331. No one does. Please see Reply 254. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #154 |
343. True . . . there is the precedent of prior laws government corporations ... |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #92 |
205. IANAL indeed. |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #92 |
214. creator = God |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #214 |
298. "Creator" not = "god" |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #298 |
367. Creator definitely = God |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #367 |
369. Even if using a deistic or nontheistic framework, I would tend to agree |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #369 |
372. Even deists of the Enlightenment era |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #372 |
375. Not true |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #375 |
377. Religion and myths were not part of the discussion |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #367 |
374. I'm talking about reality |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #374 |
378. The reality the enlightenment thinkers posited |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #378 |
384. But that's the basic fallacy |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #384 |
386. It would be better... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #214 |
300. Duplicate |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #214 |
357. Um, bullshit. Given the lack of evidence for any gods, our rights ONLY come from us! |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #92 |
215. Inalienable rights are not granted. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #215 |
333. That was not the point of Ginsburg's quoting the DOI. Also, please see Reply 295. |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #333 |
349. Please note which post I was replying to - #92. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:52 AM Response to Reply #92 |
225. But 'said creator' is only a human being, |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:05 AM Response to Reply #225 |
229. aw, now you're going to hurt the RWers' feelings ... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 06:13 AM Response to Reply #229 |
236. Good nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 07:54 AM Response to Reply #92 |
251. Her point is, the Constitution was never intended to give rights to anyone but |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
145. Now, the court has to define the term "creator" |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #145 |
335. No, the Court does not need to define Creator. Ginsburg alluded to the DOI |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
170. Neither was God or Jesus. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. Right on. This is not A case. This is THE case..nothing more important happening in this country.. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. I'm glad to hear this, but unless Kennedy goes for it, it won't be enough |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
130. Rumored Kennedy went with W decision in hopes of getting Chief Justice position . . . |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
337. Maybe a wise Latina can work on him whatever magic O'Connor must have |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Exactly! Just about everything that's wrong in the country........ |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
131. Maybe enough of the country understands that now? Campaign finance BRIBERY . . ????? |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
49. Seems ridiculous that the press has convinced us, that Roe vs Wade shoudl be the litmus test |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #49 |
132. So true -- and . . . |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
84. I agree! Will they even wait for the decision before turning |
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MrsCorleone (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
97. Absolutely. This is THE case of this century. Yet, so few "news" outlets have even mentioned it. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
128. You are absolutely correct, madam! n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
129. Supreme Court should be televised . . they wouldn't get away with the right wing crap if they were . |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #129 |
203. One would think in this day and age the Supreme Court would most surely be televised. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #203 |
204. Agree -- but they've been fighting it for years now -- |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #203 |
339. Bull puckey. The Justices would never notice small, well place stationary cameras. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #339 |
344. Agree -- C-span continues to push on this ... offer them some encouragement . . . |
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wtbymark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. Awesome |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. No we need 4 more just like her |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
133. Yes . . . |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. Good for her. But I wish I could be optomistic. The decision will still be 5-4 on the wrong side. |
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mascarax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. How can a "Corporation" have knowledge? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
163. Why not? |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #163 |
199. Corporations fulfill a greater purpose, they employ masses, but |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #163 |
391. "A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
302. don't know |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
353. so true, in fact if a corporation "thinks" something, it is in fact a person thinking it. and I be |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. Justice Kennedy, it is not the corporations that have the knowledge, |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #51 |
172. Exactly.Put the articles of incorporation, and the stock certificates on the witness stand. |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #172 |
188. Brilliant! |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #172 |
210. self-delete; missing a definition |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #51 |
297. Justice Kennedy. |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
227. "seem to view corporate political spending as beneficial to the democratic process" |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. A wise Latina, indeed! |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
364. Solomon, eat your heart out!! |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:45 PM Original message |
YES! |
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jemelanson (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes! It 's about time. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm waiting for the Obama haters to apologize for the things they said about Sotomayor. |
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suzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
61. +1 |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
148. The Obama haters will hate him at their own expense |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. HOLY SHIT! |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 06:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
235. The corporate personhood part wasn't actually in the decision, |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #235 |
303. Just recognize that the fiction of corporate personhood |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #303 |
368. Exactly! |
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Localist (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #303 |
383. "Corporate capitalist" is a contradiction of terms |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #383 |
385. If anything, "corporate capitalism" is a redundency... |
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Localist (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #385 |
388. If only you knew how much this strategically twisted definition of capitalism limits your mind... |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
328. We would need one of Kennedy, Scalia, Roberts, Thomas or Alito |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #328 |
348. Step down or die. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #328 |
373. planting the seed |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #373 |
381. Even that might be tough |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. w00t! nice to hear some good news |
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destes (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
101. nice indeed................very satisfying |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes! nt |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. One big recommendation |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. big grin |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. be still my heart! |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. Overturn the 19th century judicial activists! Corporations are NOT people! n/t |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
91. +1 |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
351. It was not the SCOTUS Justices! |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. thanks for standing up to those activist judges, justice sotomayor |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. kr |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Thom Hartmann will be all over this. Way to go, Justice Sotomayor!!! nt |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #26 |
202. This is one of Thom's major focuses. Thom's shows regarding the insanity of corporate personhood |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
28. This is good news indeed. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
29. You go, Wise Latina. Letum go after Acorn, We'll beat ass. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. For those who are new to the discussion... |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
74. I totally missed this release. |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 06:39 AM Response to Reply #74 |
239. The Google translator translation is humorous |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
149. Nice sig line derby! The photos are great, but that quote is great |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #149 |
158. Where they burn books, so too will they in the end burn human beings. |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #158 |
184. Then I translated it correctly. Thanks for that! |
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Julius Civitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. RIGHT ON!!!! |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. Nice work, Justice Sotomayor. Recommend. nt |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. Wow! |
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tnlurker (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. Big K and R here. |
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Rozlee (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. If those corporations want personhood, I want to see their birth certificates |
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mascarax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:15 PM Original message |
Exactly! And none of this "born in Hawaii" nonsense either! |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
122. Oh yeah. |
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CAcyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
310. And if they are persons, then shouldn't they die a natural death |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
37. AWE. SOME. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. A Daniel come to judgement |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
40. Pro-abortion too |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
379. "Pro-Abortion"? |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
41. She certainly |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:22 AM Response to Reply #41 |
231. Right pick indeed |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #231 |
305. We'll need more than that. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #305 |
345. Scalia, Thomas and Kennedy won't be 'gone' anytime soon |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
42. EXCELLENT! Now THAT is JUSTICE. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
43. I love her style. Lets start at the beginning. Constructionism like construction. |
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dhpgetsit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
44. This is extremely important in our fight to stop the march toward Fascism in America! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. Y E S ! You know, we may need popcorn for this new Court! |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #45 |
258. Allow me |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
46. Wow! A thinking individual for a change. |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
47. Oh, yes. Thank you Madam Justice! |
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kleec (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
48. I'm smiling |
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NikolaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
52. She Rocks! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
53. Kicked and recommended for Sotomayor's extreme wisdom. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Corporations aren't capable of thought or knowledge, |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. If corporations have the same rights as individuals under the Constitution, |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Bingo. And they are not held accountable for their actions, |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #67 |
88. And corporations can live forever |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #67 |
134. Interesting point . . . |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:19 AM Response to Reply #134 |
220. Definitely not natural reproduction |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
54. K&R! Thank you Justice Sotomayor!... nt |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'm glad I supported Obama! n/t |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
56. I ought to be able to recommend this 100 times |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
57. My favorite news of the week. |
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Swede Atlanta (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
58. OMG...She "gets it" |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
59. What is the purpose of allowing any entity to participate in an election they cannot vote in? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #59 |
165. Take your logic to its conclusion. |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:03 AM Response to Reply #165 |
217. Because that's what they do |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #165 |
277. That certainly is food for thought. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #165 |
309. They should NOT be allowed to influence elections with their money |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
60. Best news all day. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
62. It's about time Santa Clara was re-visited, and the clerk's notes shown not to be part of the ruling |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. Exactly. Corporate personhood was the invention of some presumptuous legal clerk. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #72 |
136. And, we have had laws throughout history which counter that "invention" . . . |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #72 |
218. J.C. Bancroft Davis |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
63. OMG |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
65. I hope she is a very very persuasive person. nt |
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Piewhacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
66. Well well, my first surprize. Sotomayer understands that |
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The Hope Mobile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
68. Big K & R!!!!!! You go girl! nt |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
69. fuck yeah (nt) |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
71. Outstanding! |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
73. I hope she reads them the 14th Amendment |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #73 |
346. Neither "born" nor "naturalized" . . . !! |
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Mr. Sparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
75. At last, a voice of reason on the court ! n/t |
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firehorse (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
76. Glad to read this news. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
77. OMFG-- just hearing those thoughts entertained by a SC justice... |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
78. Oh, yeah, Justice Sonia! |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
80. Thanks for posting this. K&R! |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
81. Judge Sotomayor ,Thank You |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
82. Just that it came out of her mouth heartens me. YES! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
83. K&R |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
85. I like her more and more....... |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
86. Whoa. Many on our side were saying she's a corporatist |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
87. Oh some good news for a change ..way to go on the pick Obama ..way to go. KNR nt |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
89. HELL YES!!! K&R!!!!!!! |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
94. I want to have her baby |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
95. Damn I want to marry that woman! |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
96. Hell Fuck Yes! |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
99. Good for Her! |
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BrainGlutton (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
100. Has it occurred to anyone how disruptive it would be to our economic system . . . . |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. As legal persons... |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. So we just allow an oligarchy to continue to corrupt our government |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #105 |
114. I'm reading the above as the "corporate personhood is too big to fail" |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #114 |
125. Exactly! That's right on the nail head JerseygirlCT. +1 |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #105 |
168. Two phrases. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #168 |
376. Dred Scott. Plessy vs. Ferguson... |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #100 |
139. Our economic system? What about our political system? |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #100 |
143. Our "economic system" sucks. It NEEDS to be disrupted. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #100 |
159. Don't cry for corporations |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #100 |
162. Corporations are disruptive to our economic system |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #100 |
185. Musolini agreed with you. CorpAmerica uber alles. nt |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #100 |
252. Can't there be limits? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #100 |
270. It's the right thing to do. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #100 |
275. to whose economic system... what good is it |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #100 |
312. In what way, exactly? |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #100 |
354. Why would it be disruptive? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #100 |
380. Ending slavery was extremely disruptive to the agrarian economy of the south. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
103. Woohoo! Sounds like she's hitting the ground runnning! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
104. k and r |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
106. No sh.... Well, I'll be.... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
107. WOOT! WOOT! WOOT! - Holy cow, dare we hope?"?? |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
108. K&R especially if this leads to positive change. |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
109. Just thought I'd post this short youtube clip. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
110. Go Soto Go. |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
111. Jaw-dropping good news! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
113. You go girl! nt |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
115. I hope I'm wrong, but I think the corporations will win this one. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #115 |
137. "Natural persons" don't buy free speech . . . |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #115 |
314. Of course they'll "win" this one! |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
116. Go Sonia! |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
117. Thank you, Justice Sotomayor! |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
118. Woo hoo!!! |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
120. End corporate rights! Now! Yeah!!!! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #120 |
141. Deleted sub-thread |
mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
121. Thank you, Justice Sotomayor! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
123. OH, YES .. . You Dear Sweet Sotomayer --- !!! |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
126. I'm liking this... |
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Suji to Seoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
127. Very encouraging. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
135. I really expect great things from her. I really do. It's hard to say, because |
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MrsCorleone (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
138. Quick FYI regarding this case: Ted Olson, arguing for corp free speech, is the same bastard who |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
140. Only prob I have with this headline is that it was NEVER law |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
146. Terrific - I always felt it was wrong to give corporations personhood w/o the consequences of person |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
147. Big thumbs up for Justice Sotomayor |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
150. This Is Some Of That "Wise Latina" On Display |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
151. K&R! Yes please! //nt |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
152. That is big |
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BREMPRO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
153. *****WOW!!****** SO...Roberts, by his extra judicial activism |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #153 |
182. Imagine how Roberts felt when he heard her say that |
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BREMPRO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #182 |
190. DOH! I'd give anything to have seen the blood rush out of his face. |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
155. A big "you GO wise Latina" from me to our new national treasure |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
157. YAY!!! |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
160. And this is why they don't want a "wise Latina" on the court |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
161. K&R.....she's good, very good....thank you President Obama.... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #161 |
316. Only need 4 (n/t) |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
166. Recommended for a marvelous opening salvo |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
167. K& R |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
169. Wise Latina strikes back! |
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jasi2006 (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
171. The conservatives on the court really don't believe in corporation |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:02 AM Response to Reply #171 |
226. Yeah, where is the |
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PuppyBismark (200 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
173. If corporations are persons, which sex are they and which can marry which? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
174. WOW! That is great news!!! |
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Kweli4Real (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
175. I'm loving her ..., |
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tonekat (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
176. Wow! Now this is what I want to see! |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
177. Well, huge kudos. k*r This judge is intellectually honest. Rokken!!!! |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
178. I LOVE this woman already!!! |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
179. Oh Yes, OH YES! Thank you Justice Sotomayor! |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
180. That's a relief. I was hoping she wouldn't be a turncoat. |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
181. God Bless America! Gopod, be with us. Aristotle wake the fuck up. |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
183. Way to start the debate! Yea! |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #183 |
187. Well said! I totally agree with you. |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
186. Thom Hartmann will be pleased. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #186 |
211. Indeed Thom will be!. This is one of Thom's major hot buttons. |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
189. K&R |
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dccrossman (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
192. Actual transcript of the oral arguments |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 06:59 AM Response to Reply #192 |
243. link doesn't work |
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dccrossman (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #243 |
261. Corrected link to oral arguments |
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dccrossman (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #261 |
263. Working link |
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lordsummerisle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
193. K&R n/t |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
194. Finally some good Obama news! |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
195. promising. |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
196. I am pleasantly SURPRISED! |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
197. End corporate personhood! |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
198. Wow! I have complained about that Corporate personhood shit for years! |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
201. I said this before and I'll say it again... |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
208. The Horror!! The Horror!! |
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GrilledCheeses (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
212. YESSSSSSSS. nt |
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drmjg (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
213. I am waiting for this speech from AIG... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 06:56 AM Response to Reply #213 |
241. He hated lawyers, but he might have made an exception for this. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #241 |
317. That's because (the Queen's) corporate lawyers |
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tiptoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
216. K & R! |
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StreetKnowledge (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
219. "Wise Latina" eh RW Bozos? |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
223. K & R. Finally a voice of sanity about this. |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
224. Kick for the wise latina |
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nvme (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
228. Not that anyone will read this but |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:19 AM Response to Original message |
230. K&R |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
232. WOW! Thanks. GREAT NEWS! |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
234. Corporations hijacked that ruling... |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
237. WOW! nt |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
238. I recall reading |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
240. GOLEM! |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
242. What troubles me is that corporations have rights superior to human beings. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
244. K & R She kicked Scalia right in his originalist nads. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
245. But, but, but,... Certain DUers assured me Sotomayor was a conservative corporatist |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 07:14 AM Response to Reply #245 |
246. That's what I was told too. It would seem none of them posted here. n/t |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #246 |
323. I'm posting here |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #245 |
292. Don't know if you are referring to me. If you are, though, "You lie." |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #292 |
311. You seem very defensive. |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
248. EXCELLENT! |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
249. Didn't see that one coming, now, did you, Corporate America? |
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NinetySix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
250. Is this true, or just a wild, ecstatic fantasy? |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
255. Thats AWSOME! nt |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
256. Incredible, timely, ... wow. /nt |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
259. QUESTION EVERYTHING! You go Justice Sotomayor! |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
265. Wow. Talk about putting the cat among the pigeons! |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
266. Great to hear!!! |
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mn9driver (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
267. Kennedy is the swing vote in this case |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
268. What a fantastic way to start the day! nt |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
269. Maybe she read Thom Hartmann's book "Unequal Protection"... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
271. Go Judge Sotomayor! Go, go! |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
272. BIG K nR |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
273. she just pushed a serious issue into the spot light |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
276. Oops! She is part of the Reconquista |
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lkjasfulkj (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
278. good |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
279. The whole premise of corporations as persons is insulting and ludicrous |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
280. The "Corporate form" has rights it "should be afforded?" |
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veganlush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
281. I was worried about the pick at first, but this is a good sign |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
282. offered an early hint of the direction Justice Sotomayor might want to take the court. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
283. I really hope either Keith or Rachel has some words about this tonight |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
285. Unfortunately, Sotomayor replaced Souter |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
287. You go, girl! nt |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
288. Just plain "WOW!" |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
289. Should the US conduct their elections like the Corporations conduct theirs? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
290. yay! |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
293. I'm stunned |
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BREMPRO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
294. lets make the argument- common sense- corporations are NOT persons |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
301. Corporation = psychopath... |
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BREMPRO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #301 |
304. clinically psychopathic entities run our lives and need to be disbanded if they act against |
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CAcyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
307. I was soooo hoping for this argument |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
318. I wonder what that clown Jonathan Turley has to say about her intellectual capacity now. n/t |
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bc3000 (766 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #318 |
332. Turley was honest... it sounds like you want a partisan yes man. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #332 |
361. "a partisan yes man" What the hell is that? |
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BREMPRO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
320. interesting article on the history of corporate charters and the revocation movement |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
324. Go Sonya |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
330. "that was the court's error to start with" |
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jonestonesusa (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
334. BIG K & R!! |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
340. Let's hope this opinion can prevail and stop or modify the move by bush lackey Roberts |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
347. What an astonishingly wonderful surprise. |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
350. gracias! |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
356. OMG!!!! Sotomayor rules!!! |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
359. The recognition of corporate personhood is the quintessential example of legislating from the bench. |
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DaLittle Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #359 |
387. You Are SOOO Correct... THIS WOULD BE Thje Key To Returning Govt. To The People Where It Belongs! |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
360. And for another method to fight the evil... |
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Eyes_wide_ open (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
366. Best news I've heard |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
382. Andale, hermanita! |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
390. Fingers crossed, but I'm not holding my breath. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
392. kick--Sotomayor is a definite feather in Obama's cap |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
394. Still thrilled. Kicking again. //nt |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-20-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
395. simply raising this issue on the Supreme Court is a major step forward!! |
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