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purple hayes
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 Posted: 10/27/04 - 08:54 Post subject:
I have just to forum for those that want to bicker about how others handle themselves at Cool Running :: The Club House
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cherylpf
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 09:33 Post subject:
| elkid wrote: | | I don't think he should step down because he has cancer. I think he should step down because he's frickin' 80 years old. There should be an age cap here. |
Yeah....I can see an argument for a retirement age.
PS--thank you PH, I agree.
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 09:34 Post subject:
Rehnquist's being replaced if/when he steps down is not a huge loss for the progressives. He can be replaced by another conservative and it's not a big change. The big change will be when a progressive leaves, like Ginsburg.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 09:36 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | | Rehnquist's being replaced if/when he steps down is not a huge loss for the progressives. He can be replaced by another conservative and it's not a big change. The big change will be when a progressive leaves, like Ginsburg. |
Thank you, this is sort of what I was looking for.
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Sahara
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 09:40 Post subject:
| elkid wrote: | | I don't think he should step down because he has cancer. I think he should step down because he's frickin' 80 years old. There should be an age cap here. |
I disagree with the age cap - but I also think that having a wide gamut of ages in the SC is ideal.
My preference would be for him to step down after the elections. I don't think that I have pull with the man though, so he'll resign on his schedule.
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 14:00 Post subject:
| Sahara wrote: | I disagree with the age cap - but I also think that having a wide gamut of ages in the SC is ideal.
My preference would be for him to step down after the elections. I don't think that I have pull with the man though, so he'll resign on his schedule. |
I agree. As long as he is of "sound mind", this country is at a great benefit to "have" to listen to some of our intellectual elders. These "coots" have heard it all and probably are less swayed by outside forces.
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 15:11 Post subject:
I agree, Sue, that it's great we have people with years and years of experience to help move the law forward, but I take exception to the notion that they're somehow not swayed by outside forces. That's what an amicus curiae is for.
Amicus curiae "friend of the court" A party that is not involved in a particular litigation but that is allowed by the court to advise it on a matter of law directly affecting the litigation.
As an example, when the University of Michigan Law School admissions case was going on, over 60 schools filed an amicus curiae.
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 10/27/04 - 15:21 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | I agree, Sue, that it's great we have people with years and years of experience to help move the law forward, but I take exception to the notion that they're somehow not swayed by outside forces. That's what an amicus curiae is for.
Amicus curiae "friend of the court" A party that is not involved in a particular litigation but that is allowed by the court to advise it on a matter of law directly affecting the litigation.
As an example, when the University of Michigan Law School admissions case was going on, over 60 schools filed an amicus curiae. |
I guess I meant more of "swaying" by persuasion rather than advisement. More like set in their beliefs on what is right, rather than personal gain or recognition.
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