The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Gemini Cricket]

The Justice Dept is going to appeal the ruling... No surprise.


Mel Gibson sentenced to 3 years probation.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

The Justice Dept is going to appeal the ruling... No surprise.

And a stacked Supreme Court will eventually come in very handy.

[Alex]

So the rulings you agree with are obvious but the ones you disagree with are political?

For the record, I agree with this one.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

So the rulings you agree with are obvious but the ones you disagree with are political?

For the record, I agree with this one.

No, I'm simply annoyed by the lack of balance. The republicans hold all of the cards in all three branches of Government and it's impossible to have any degree of fairness in that type of environment. The other two branches can be fixed, and in fact, I would have less of a problem with a republican president and democrat controlled congress (or vice versa) than what we have right now. And with the SC leaning decidedly right, I fear that the abuse of power will continue to go unchecked.

Then again, the supreme court has surprised me before.

[Alex]

I really, really hate civil forfeiture laws. I hate the anti-drug laws but these are even worse especially since they are generally used to further punish crimes that shouldn't be crimes in the first place (such as confiscating the cars of johns in prostitution stings).