tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post3855857503149012283..comments2024-02-08T07:32:20.315-06:00Comments on Steve Bates - Yellow Doggerel Democratic Views: Follow-Up: Supremes Rule Corporations May Own PoliticiansSteve Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-14733605206962151452010-01-22T09:32:18.006-06:002010-01-22T09:32:18.006-06:00Bryan, several attorneys writing about the case ha...Bryan, several attorneys writing about the case have noted that the Court, in sending the case back down for retrial, insisted on completely different central issues as the basis... issues clearly designed to give the Court the opportunity for this outcome when the case came before them again. There is reportedly very little precedent for such a procedure; it does indeed look as if the Court was legislating from the bench.<br /><br />Let's ask Scalia if that troubles his conscience. %-}Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-80859558268574649822010-01-22T00:38:15.123-06:002010-01-22T00:38:15.123-06:00Having looked at the question before the Court in ...Having looked at the question before the Court in this case, Justice Stevens has the right of it - this decision was made up out of whole cloth and doesn't actually address the question that it was asked to decide.<br /><br />Instead of focusing on the question, they decided to legislate from the bench.Bryanhttp://whynow.dumka.us/noreply@blogger.com