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Paranoid Android (sometimes says dumb things)Joanna Rothkopf
3/04/16 6:20pm
Good, good! This gives me hope that the country is finally headed towards the right direction.
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  MotherOfUnicorns will only call Trump Cheeto JesusParanoid Android (sometimes says dumb things)
  3/04/16 6:25pm
  It makes me hopeful that Justice Kennedy will rule HB2 unconstitutional. Honestly though waiting to find out is going to make me insane. Every time I think about it I feel nauseous. I am hopeful that we are moving in the right direction but the fact that HB2 even exists is troublesome.
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  Frankenstein's on again off again girlfriendParanoid Android (sometimes says dumb things)
  3/04/16 6:28pm
  Hope for about 2 seconds until you realise that Bernie will not be president
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Emma GolddiggerJoanna Rothkopf
3/04/16 6:25pm
Damn, even ALITO voted to block that law!
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  accordingtoEmma Golddigger
  3/04/16 6:28pm
  Alito and Roberts. I’m hopeful, very hopeful.
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  BurlyqLawyerEmma Golddigger
  3/04/16 6:36pm
  Fuckin’ Thomas. I'm not surprised, but DAMN he sucks.
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ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILDJoanna Rothkopf
3/04/16 6:43pm

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  Elumerereʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILD
  3/04/16 6:45pm
  That pic is fabulous.
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  Slay.douché - (dreams to be a puppy)ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILD
  3/04/16 6:47pm
  that’s great
  ::Fallopians:: totally has all the best Psalms
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Deadly the EternalJoanna Rothkopf
3/04/16 6:22pm
In related enough news, fuck Bobby Jindal (again):

http://nymag.com/daily/intellig...
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  DarklighterDeadly the Eternal
  3/04/16 6:23pm
  I’d really rather not.
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  JujyMonkey: Clever tagline goes hereDeadly the Eternal
  3/04/16 6:25pm
  Remember when Bobby urged everyone that the GOP can’t be the party of ignorance?
  
  Looks like nobody else did.
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three08, dog fancierJoanna Rothkopf
3/04/16 6:23pm
if i understand, though, this doesn’t signal any kind of a landmark shift in the court’s opinions about abortion; they’re just telling the circuit court to cool its jets on the louisiana law until they rule on the substantially-similar texas law. so it’s more about not wanting the circuit court to go making decisions on this type of law until after scotus has ruled.
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  Inside jokethree08, dog fancier
  3/04/16 6:26pm
  Yeah. The story really could have been clearer. In particular “the court struck down such a law”’is factually incorrect.
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  Beatrice_Swans_Busy_Beethree08, dog fancier
  3/04/16 7:00pm
  Yeah, phrasing like this is kind of crappy— if for no reason other than it makes it sound like better news than it is and the article isn’t much clearer. Still good news! Especially for women in Louisiana who might need an abortion before next year.
  
  (But if I had to provide another reason, it’s because most people don’t know how the appellate courts/SC work as it is.)
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Tequila MockingbirdJoanna Rothkopf
3/04/16 6:32pm
As soon as I saw the vote, I yelled LET ME GUESS WHO THE 1 WAS!

Fucking Clarence Thomas. Is he the biggest asshole to have ever sat on the court?
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  fondue processTequila Mockingbird
  3/04/16 6:45pm
  He's the biggest *living* asshole on the court.
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  shelwoodTequila Mockingbird
  3/04/16 6:48pm
  Still grinds my gears that he took Thurgood Marshall’s seat.
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ballofstressJoanna Rothkopf
3/04/16 6:27pm
From the original article:

The high court’s order, with only Justice Clarence Thomas noting his dissent, came two days after the justices heard arguments in a major abortion case from Texas and just hours after they voted in a private meeting on the outcome of that case. (emphasis added)

THIS IS POTENTIALLY FABULOUS NEWS!!!!!!!!
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randymanJoanna Rothkopf
3/04/16 6:25pm
Oh, and the single dissenting vote? Who could it possibly beeeee…?

(for those who can’t already intuit the obvious answer resonating in the very core of their being, it was – of course – Clarence Thomas. What a putz.)
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  Beatrice_Swans_Busy_Beerandyman
  3/04/16 7:02pm
  When I read this news, I whispered to myself, “Clarence must be so lonely.”
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Cherith CutestoryJoanna Rothkopf
3/04/16 6:49pm
The Supreme Court put death penalty cases out of Oklahoma on hold before eventually voting to uphold the laws. We shouldn’t get too excited.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/28/pol...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/30/us/...
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MaezeppaJoanna Rothkopf
3/04/16 9:19pm
Thank. God. This, combined with Justice Kennedy’s comment in re the Texas Women’s Health case as reported in NYT has me a little hopeful:

“My reading indicated that medical abortions are up nationwide, but down significantly in Texas,” Kennedy said in a displeased tone, according to the New York Times. “This may not be medically wise.”
Kennedy’s qualm isn’t obvious, but it appears to signal that Kennedy is concerned that Texas’s law is limiting women’s access to abortions early in their pregnancies.
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  foldableMaezeppa
  3/04/16 9:57pm
  “This may not be medically wise.”
  
  Well gosh. What a thought.
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