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Author Topic:   Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's dead. The maneuvering begins!
vimesey
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Message 23 of 122 (778022)
02-14-2016 4:51 PM


It's interesting to note the differences in the system in the UK, from that in the US. I'd be willing to bet a reasonable amount of money that not even 1% of the U.K. Population could even name one of our Supreme Court judges - much less have the remotest clue as to how conservative or otherwise their judgments have been.
That's not to say that the role of the judiciary is marginalised, or taken for granted - just that it is (pretty much completely) separated from politics. As a result, pretty dull for the media to report on the judges themselves, usually.

Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?

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vimesey
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Message 46 of 122 (778080)
02-16-2016 9:25 AM
Reply to: Message 42 by Theodoric
02-15-2016 3:41 PM


Re: British Supreme Court
They could be worse - as young Drew Peacock will testify.
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Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?

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