Thomas' Concurrence in McDonald vs. Chicago is also very interesting, as it takes a very different approach to 14th amendment incorporation -- in a relatively unique situation where a judge had to incorporate a BoR amendment that has not been incorporated against the state/local government before -- from the approach that used in nearly all the major civil rights/liberties related decisions over the last 75 years:
I wouldn't dismiss him, no. But everything is relative, and personally I find his opinions to be pedestrian compared to his other conservative colleagues. Judging by the relative infrequency of his majority opinions, I gather they feel similarly.
Actually, it's a good question. And I'm a anti-platelets liberal.
"He noted that the law allows someone convicted of a misdemeanor assault charge to get a lifetime ban on possessing a gun 'which at least as of now results in suspension of a constitutional right.' "
These days the right lawyer can turn a simple accident into a misdemeanor assault.
HN seems to be gravitating away from the guidelines (maybe it's the pull of the election season?) What do you think? Personally, I'm not a big fan of political stories on HN unless they concern technology. I feel like I'm already drowning in political news and opinion.
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[ 4.5 ms ] story [ 53.1 ms ] threadIt would certainly seem to indicate he feels Scalia covered his questions in the past.
[1] https://xkcd.com/552/
Personally, I found his dissent in Gonzales v. Raich quite interesting and principled: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-1454.ZD1.html
Thomas' Concurrence in McDonald vs. Chicago is also very interesting, as it takes a very different approach to 14th amendment incorporation -- in a relatively unique situation where a judge had to incorporate a BoR amendment that has not been incorporated against the state/local government before -- from the approach that used in nearly all the major civil rights/liberties related decisions over the last 75 years:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/08-1521.ZC1.html
Personally, I find the cases where he disagrees with Scalia, or concurs with an Alito/Scalia majority opinion to be quite illuminating.
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"He noted that the law allows someone convicted of a misdemeanor assault charge to get a lifetime ban on possessing a gun 'which at least as of now results in suspension of a constitutional right.' "
These days the right lawyer can turn a simple accident into a misdemeanor assault.
It was a good question.
Also, what is "anti-platelets"?
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