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| Dem Rep. Keith Ellison: Samuel Alito Shouldn't Be Called 'Justice' |
| 2014-07-01 |
| [MEDIAITE] Appearing on MSNBC this afternoon, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) tore into the Supreme Court's Monday decisions, with his particularly harsh words saved for the majority opinion's author: Justice Samuel Alito. Speaking with Ed Schultz ...currently hosting some kind of show on MSNBC that nobody watches, formerly touted as a Limbaugh killerfor Air America... about the court's two Monday decisions — a 5-4 ruling in favor of "closely held" corporations like Hobby Lobby not being required by law to extend contraceptive coverage in its employee health care plans; and their 5-4 Harris v. Quinn ruling that Illinois-based home health care workers cannot be compelled to financially support a union — Ellison suggested that SCOTUS has been nothing but anti-worker as of late. "Whether it's Citizens United, or Hobby Lobby, which also came down, or Harris v. Quinn, this Supreme Court is extremely busy and doesn't have much regard for precedent at all," Ellison said. "In fact, in this case today, Harris v. Quinn, Alito — Justice Alito, I try to call him Justice Alito, but Mister Alito," he sneered, "actually took a swing at [Abood v. bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit ... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang... Board of Education, 1977], which is a case of many, many years of precedent, but spoke disparagingly about the case. But thank goodness it's still the law." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 When time Keith's scimitar will sheath, Please sit him gently on the heath; Place on his head a laurel wreath To honor him who lies beneath, And on a scroll, "I, Keith, bequeath To you a Congress with no teeth." |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-07-01 18:21 |
| #4 Funny, 'Hobby Lobby' was narrowly determined by interpreting existing law. Roe v. Wade wasn't. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-07-01 17:35 |
| #3 On the other hand Keith Ellison shouldn't be called "representative" Al |
| Posted by: frozen al 2014-07-01 10:20 |
| #2 Shut up you Mohammedan puissant. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-07-01 08:33 |
| #1 The left certainly does whine when things don't go their way. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-07-01 08:00 |