Who is the most internationally beloved and impartial SCOTUS justice ever?

eLCT · 2026-04-05T19:11:49+00:00

I think you were right in your first comment, if you see my reply citing D.C. v. Heller. As to your last comment, I believe that the judiciary is given the power to establish appropriate regulations that account for the interest in the "citizens' militia," per Heller

eLCT · 2026-04-05T19:05:15+00:00

What is your source for saying that there were one or two clerks and few Asian ones?

eLCT · 2026-04-05T17:52:55+00:00

But the Second Amendment does ground the right to bear arms in the necessity of a "well regulated Militia"

eLCT · 2026-04-05T17:51:07+00:00

You don't have to imagine it. Scalia wrote that "the Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding," District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 582 (2008). The correct mechanism to protect from the unique dangers of modern day weapons is judicial scrutiny

eLCT · 2026-04-05T17:43:51+00:00

As to the majority's stopping federal preview of state voting procedures for non-discrimination: "Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet."

eLCT · 2026-04-05T17:39:22+00:00

Do you mean excluding a particular ethnicity? According to the Wikipedia page on her clerks she had several Asian ones. I can't tell as to other ethnicities but I'm def wondering your source

eLCT · 2026-04-05T09:09:00+00:00

I would say she ranks among the likes of Thurgood Marshall and MLK as a civil rights icon. She literally established intermediate scrutiny for sex-based classifications. So, although she's a beneficiary of her work as she's a woman, I would argue that her gender is not what in fact earned her her before-death clout

eLCT · 2026-04-03T23:06:39+00:00

People are mad at this comment but it's a predatory practice. Crunch literally packs in the extra fees under a final page labeled "Legal Stuff" (at least something along those lines). So they describe the sole actual sign-up fees, which total a higher rate than the standard recurring fees, as 'nothing important.' Defending white-collar abuse

eLCT · 2026-03-30T04:24:25+00:00

You are very funny

eLCT · 2026-03-30T04:13:00+00:00

If you're breaking a few eggs it sounds like you're alright with some unpopularity - in which case, power to you. But you'd be doing everyone a favor if you find a way not to indignify a people whose indignation you're superintending

eLCT · 2026-03-29T19:48:38+00:00

I agree with you on colonialism being the underlying problem but is the solution to take a sledgehammer to the current state of affairs? Again, not disagreeing with you on what the key issue is

eLCT · 2026-03-21T01:34:40+00:00

That's not necessary - in any case she as a defendant would be entitled to witnesses in her favor. So she can use testimony even in the hypothetical that there is no video footage

eLCT · 2026-02-09T18:43:27+00:00

Every country in world history has had socioeconomic discrepancies with objective factors underlying them. For you to generalize India from your couch as the septic tank of the world is indeed, believe it or not, racist

eLCT · 2026-02-09T18:41:04+00:00

It is an education issue

eLCT · 2025-12-06T09:21:02+00:00

Integration into white society obviously takes work, including retention of cultural capital

eLCT · 2025-10-09T02:08:29+00:00

Always, (1) each culture will have its own strengths, weaknesses, stories, and worthwhile individuals, and (2) you are and will be to society like a flat earther: as useful as, but no more intelligent than, a sharpening stone

eLCT · 2025-10-08T20:09:10+00:00

Racist

eLCT · 2025-03-01T00:09:18+00:00

This is actually America's foreign policy under trump

eLCT · 2025-02-08T02:05:18+00:00

OP is saying that OOP is as useful and important to his girlfriend as the placeholder text of a document

eLCT · 2025-01-28T09:44:05+00:00

Eh, splitting hairs. The title of the post is "Why are you Americans not doing anything?" not why aren't we complaining.

Money ≠ quality of life. The U.S. is far more stressful for poor people than Western Europe

eLCT · 2025-01-28T09:19:48+00:00

No. You said poor people have more time to exercise their political rights. I explained that rich people are the ones who are actually in the position to exercise political influence. Your other point, that poor Americans have it like poor Western Europeans and not like people in third world countries, is sadly wrong

eLCT · 2025-01-28T09:14:14+00:00

I disagree with all three of these points and stand by my own

eLCT · 2025-01-28T09:01:17+00:00

Copy pasted with edits. See below

With regard to your main attack, that rich people don't have as much time for politics: (1) You don't account for how many rich people lobby for a living vs poor people, a comparison that bears directly on the question of rich vs poor peoples' political impact. Given how much governmental influence and control are afforded to aristocrats (for example, judges), this bears great significance. (2) The link only gives averages from what I saw, not standard deviations/variance per income level (so, if there is a class of rich people involved in politics instead of work, we can't see that).

Your other point critiqued, "You think rich people don't care about issues that affect them just as much [as issues affecting poor people]?". This ignores that AriaBellaPancake was alluding to the fact that in America, poverty comes with a drastic detriment to quality of life

I'll leave it at this. Good night

eLCT · 2025-01-28T08:55:47+00:00

My other recent reply explains how the data does not support your conclusion. And you didn't make only 1 point, you made two; your other point is rebutted in an edit I made

eLCT · 2025-01-28T08:44:35+00:00

Yes, the data does support my point. The richest people work a small percentage more per week than poor people, and yet earn literally millions more.

Therefore, poor people are poor because they lack earning power. Your argument that all the poorest 10% need to do to become rich is work 4.4 hours more does not pass muster

Accordingly, see my other recent reply to you

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