Scalia Lies About Bush V. Gore

[azmouse]

It'll never be over. This country will continue to pay for the coup of 2000, the coup abetted by the Supreme Court and Scalia.

Quote:It was a long time ago, people forget…It was a 7-2 decision. It wasn’t even close,” he said.


Bush v. Gore, the unprecedented Supreme Court decision which abandoned state’s election rights to appoint the non-democratically elected 43rd President of the United States, is arguably one of the most important decisions to come from the court. Not because of the legal precedent. It set no precedent. The court made it clear that it was a one-time decision. It was important because of it was arguably a quiet coup. In short, the will of the people was thrown aside to make room for the will of the military/industrial (and media) complex.

At question was the vote count in Florida. The court, in a 5-4 ruling, not 7-2, argued that by continuing to count the vote, it would do “irreparable harm” to the credibility of the incoming administration and that people would question its legitimacy. The majority opinion was written by Justice Antonin Scalia. Of course, the result of the opinion was that people questioned the legitimacy of the administration.


http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/10/...t-over-it/

[There Is No Spoon]

"it wasn't even close"

That's true Antonin - you've never even been close to an honest human being.

Most. Hated. Supreme. Court. Justice. Ever.

[NJMaverick]

if the GOP and Conservatives started telling the truth they would be booted out of every office in the nation

[pappy]

(03-13-2012 09:06 AM)NJMaverick Wrote:  if the GOP and Conservatives started telling the truth they would be booted out of every office in the nation

The Welieagain Party.

[jaxx]

It was a long time ago, people forget…It was a 7-2 decision. It wasn’t even close,” he said.

He only wishes people would forget, but we never will. It's really sickening that a Supreme Court Justice will go around and blatantly lie to people.....and then sit on important cases and make decisions that will affect people's lives.

[suzie]

We had this Thomas Jefferson reenactor who came and talked recently at a function in our community, in the character of Jefferson.

An interesting thing he mentioned is how many times this has occurred, where there was a question over the votes in some state, but the FINAL OUTCOME WAS DECIDED BY THE CONGRESS.

Which is what should have happened in this case. The Florida Legislature would have certified the original vote and the whole mess would have gone on to the House of Representatives. No doubt the House would have voted in George Bush, but he would have been seen nationally as much more of an illegitimate president--making it far more difficult for him to get his way.

Scalia pre-empted that by taking the case and giving an undeserved air of legitimacy to the Bush Presidency.

[Hekate]

Here. in. MY. country.

Fat Tony can kiss my rosy roseola.