Scalia breaks ranks, slams Bush officials on bank regulation

[babsbunny]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/70985.html

By Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — In a rebuke of the Bush administration, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal bank regulator erred in quashing efforts by New York state to combat the kind of predatory mortgage lending that triggered the nation's financial crisis.

[rucky]

1. I'm feeling the ground. It's cold.

Hell hath frozen over.

[Hekate]

2. Where can I buy some ice skates? wow. nt

[mikelgb]

3. somebody lost money

[C_U_L8R]

6. True true

the only time the neo-idiot GOP-nozzles give a shit is when it personally costs them money

[Eric J in MN]

4. This is great news for consumers.

Slimy lobbyists will now try to get Congress to explicitly block state regulation of banks.

I hope the slimy lobbyists fail.

[tammywammy]

5. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5954681

[rpannier]

7. Damned liberal justices

The most amazing part of this decision is that thomas didn't vote with Scalia.

Scalia must not have told him how he was gonna vote in time for thomas to make his decision

[sam sarrha]

8. and they probably didnt even get a bribe. just bow'n to the IDEOLOGY, the Fascist church of the GOP

[Adelante]

9. I thought this was gonna be a joke nt