tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post700309501167114959..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Rolling Over in His GraveLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-78605815989731577912007-06-29T12:02:00.000-07:002007-06-29T12:02:00.000-07:00Oops. Forgot to code it as a link. Here it is ag...Oops. Forgot to code it as a link. Here it is again:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec06/scotus_12-04.html" REL="nofollow">Link to NewsHour Transcript</A><BR/><BR/>ACDA.C. Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090447201234367871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-10752521142296902992007-06-29T11:57:00.000-07:002007-06-29T11:57:00.000-07:00And here's the link to the transcript of the NewsH...And here's the link to the transcript of the NewsHour discussion I listened to:<BR/><BR/>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec06/scotus_12-04.html<BR/><BR/>ACDA.C. Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090447201234367871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-75771725449885800102007-06-29T10:48:00.000-07:002007-06-29T10:48:00.000-07:00I should read the excerpts from the opinions too. ...I should read the excerpts from the opinions too. Will do so tomorrow in hard copy, I think.<BR/><BR/>Liptak is <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/us/29assess.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>Greenhouse is <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/washington/29scotus.html?hp" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-35645650337588004662007-06-29T10:40:00.000-07:002007-06-29T10:40:00.000-07:00P.S. I did read the excerpts from the opinions in...P.S. I did read the excerpts from the opinions in the NYT, however.<BR/><BR/>ACDA.C. Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090447201234367871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-23063519747210108202007-06-29T10:39:00.000-07:002007-06-29T10:39:00.000-07:00I didn't read the NYT's analysis. Got my info fro...I didn't read the NYT's analysis. Got my info from an extended discussion on the decision held on PBS's NewsHour by legal experts on both sides. If you'll give me the links to the NYT pieces you refer to, I'll give them a read.<BR/><BR/>ACDA.C. Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090447201234367871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-79821009932080062482007-06-29T10:18:00.000-07:002007-06-29T10:18:00.000-07:00P. S. I'm aware that Brown was not literally overt...P. S. I'm aware that <I>Brown</I> was not literally overturned - hyperbole on my part.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-58281692037033274542007-06-29T10:14:00.000-07:002007-06-29T10:14:00.000-07:00I've read the Times reporting and analysis of the ...I've read the Times reporting and analysis of the case (Liptak and Greenhouse). Do those articles include the facts of the case as you understand them?Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-327862264097530472007-06-29T10:09:00.000-07:002007-06-29T10:09:00.000-07:00I take it you didn't read the facts of the case wh...I take it you didn't read the facts of the case which the Court had before it. The Court's ruling on that case should have been unanimous, not decided merely by a 5-4 majority. The dissenters were arguing politics and ideology, not law.<BR/><BR/>ACDA.C. Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090447201234367871noreply@blogger.com