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Trassin Brigadier Legate


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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:41 am Post subject: |
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Over at SCOTUSblog.com they are live blogging the Supreme Court opinions being released, starting at 10:00am. They are also guessing that the ACA related opinions won't come until next week, although it could happen today.
Edit: Here's a "plain english" listing of the remaining cases for this SCOTUS term: http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/06/remaining-merits-cases-in-plain-english-2/ _________________ The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. - Albert Einstein
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Trassin Brigadier Legate


Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 10149 Location: Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:27 am Post subject: |
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Madhatte, I'm sad to announce that the SCOTUS wimped out on the FCC v. Fox case. While they sided with Fox, the SCOTUS didn't take the opportunity to redefine the FCC's standing with regard to the First Amendment. _________________ The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. - Albert Einstein
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Trassin Brigadier Legate


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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:29 am Post subject: |
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No ACA today. Looks like we will be starting out with 1/3 straight odds of it being released on Monday. _________________ The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. - Albert Einstein
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Madhatte Brigadier Survivor


Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 7948 Location: Olympia, WA
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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oh for crap sake _________________ We live in an amazing, amazing world, and it's wasted on the crappiest generation of spoiled idiots. -- Louis CK
We are going to have to stick a pin in a map, set fire to something and carry on until the earth looks flat! -- RandyMac
I could teach you to how file a washer to make it worth a nickel but if you really want to make big bucks just take a penny and drill a hole in it and it becomes a washer and is worth a dime. -- Art Martin, Old-Time Logger |
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Trassin Brigadier Legate


Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 10149 Location: Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:43 am Post subject: |
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ACA opinions may very well be released within the next 2 hours!
http://scotusblog.wpengine.com/ _________________ The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. - Albert Einstein
"Raccoons oscillate at 50Hz in Europe." - FAWBOTS
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Trassin Brigadier Legate


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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 4:46 am Post subject: |
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S.B. 1070 Opinion in plain english: http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/06/s-b-1070-in-plain-english/ _________________ The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. - Albert Einstein
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Akuma Brigadier Commando


Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 2590 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:24 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | The Supreme Court has upheld the entire health care law by a vote of 5 to 4, Supreme Court Producer Bill Mears said. That includes the medicare provision |
I imagine CNN is getting shit right now, since they incorrectly reported that it was shot down about 10mins ago. _________________ "The problem with quotes on the Internet is the validity of them." -Abraham Lincoln |
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Trassin Brigadier Legate


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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:25 am Post subject: |
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Holy shit, they found the IM constitutional. _________________ The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. - Albert Einstein
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Trassin Brigadier Legate


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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:36 am Post subject: |
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From SCOTUSblog, "In Plain English: The Affordable Care Act, including its individual mandate that virtually all Americans buy health insurance, is constitutional. There were not five votes to uphold it on the ground that Congress could use its power to regulate commerce between the states to require everyone to buy health insurance. However, five Justices agreed that the penalty that someone must pay if he refuses to buy insurance is a kind of tax that Congress can impose using its taxing power. That is all that matters. Because the mandate survives, the Court did not need to decide what other parts of the statute were constitutional, except for a provision that required states to comply with new eligibility requirements for Medicaid or risk losing their funding. On that question, the Court held that the provision is constitutional as long as states would only lose new funds if they didn't comply with the new requirements, rather than all of their funding." _________________ The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. - Albert Einstein
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Trassin Brigadier Legate


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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:35 am Post subject: |
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I'm still trying to wrap my head around how the decision ended up going in favor of the mandate.
Roberts found that it was in violation of the commerce clause, which gives 5 justices finding it unconstitutional. But he found it was a tax under congress's ability to imposes taxes, making it constitutional, which gives it 5 justices in support of it as a tax.
How that math ends up with it being constitutional, instead of unconstitutional makes no sense to me. I'm currently waiting for the constitutional law blogs I follow to give me a bit better of an explanation.
For the moment though, I feel like someone told me "5 - 5 = A Goat". _________________ The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. - Albert Einstein
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Akuma Brigadier Commando


Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 2590 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:15 am Post subject: |
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Because they decided that it fell under the category of the latter, and not the former, is my understanding. _________________ "The problem with quotes on the Internet is the validity of them." -Abraham Lincoln |
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Exzavier Brigadier Commando


Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 3329 Location: Richmond, VA
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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:23 am Post subject: |
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The way read it is that they cannot force everyone to buy health care however it is legal for the federal government to impose a tax on people who do not have/buy health care. _________________ "Fuckin' Amesome" --- Joe Flacco
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Mongolio Brigadier Elite


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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:45 am Post subject: |
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I am not a law-type person (someone has to comment on the irony so everyone understands it), so how does that requirement work with unemployed on state Medicaids? _________________ Core meltdown (commonly known as a meltdown) is an accident scenario in nuclear reactors, and is one of the possible modes of failure for light water reactors, during which the reactor pile turns into a pile of reactor.
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Exzavier Brigadier Commando


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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:42 am Post subject: |
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INSANE!
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Court-Warrantless-Domestic-Spying-is-AOK-120679
The one and only case to successfully challenge Bush area domestic spying operations has been shot dead by an appeals court. The government may continue to engage in domestic surveillance without warrants and without fear of being sued. "This case effectively brings to an end the plaintiffs’ ongoing attempts to hold the executive branch responsible for intercepting telephone conversations without judicial authorization," a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in their ruling (pdf). The domestic spying program was unearthed by the New York Times in 2005; later leaks indicated carriers like AT&T helped the government spy on citizens by providing wholesale direct access to all data that crosses their networks. _________________ "Fuckin' Amesome" --- Joe Flacco
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Exzavier Brigadier Commando


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Exzavier Brigadier Commando


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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:53 am Post subject: |
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/15/sixth-circuit-rules-that-law-enforcement-doesnt-need-a-warrant/
A recent 2 - 1 ruling by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that law enforcement agencies can obtain cellphone location data, without the need for a warrant. The decision comes after a defendant in a drug-related case claimed protection from his phone's GPS location data being used under the Fourth Amendment. Judge John Rogers stated that the defendant didn't have a reasonable expectation of privacy for data given off by a voluntarily purchased phone, going on to state that if tools used in such crimes give off a trackable signal, police should be allowed to use it. _________________ "Fuckin' Amesome" --- Joe Flacco
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Exzavier Brigadier Commando


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Exzavier Brigadier Commando


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Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:24 am Post subject: |
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Not Supreme Court but after read this; this case is very important:
"But in February the Buckyballs saga took a chilling turn: The commission filed a motion requesting that Mr. Zucker be held personally liable for the costs of the recall, which it estimated at $57 million, if the product was ultimately determined to be defective."
The government is saying the CEO of Buckyballs is personally responsible for the recall and may owe $57 million. That is crazy! Let's have the Ford, Toyota and GM CEOs pay out some money.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324108204579023143974408428.html _________________ "Fuckin' Amesome" --- Joe Flacco
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Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 7:09 am Post subject: |
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Nothing stifles innovation like having a single person, instead of the company entity, be responsible for their products. I sure as hell wouldn't want to do anything new if I were going to be personally, financially responsible for a product I didn't personally create and test. _________________ Core meltdown (commonly known as a meltdown) is an accident scenario in nuclear reactors, and is one of the possible modes of failure for light water reactors, during which the reactor pile turns into a pile of reactor.
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