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He was governor of Florida at the time.No one familiar with the jurisprudence of Justices Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas could possibly have imagined that they would vote to invalidate the Florida recount process on the basis of their own well-developed and oft-invoked approach to the Equal Protection Clause.Republicans wanted George W. Bush so bad to be president, his brother and the Supreme Court made sure it happened.
The country spent an unbelievable 8 years under Bush and the Republicans.
Supporting the middle class and jobs the way Republicans always seem to.
What they did in the Middle East with their Freedom Agenda.
The surprising way they handled the US economy and what their policies meant to the country.
Republicans should bring George W. Bush to the Republican Convention and let him talk about the amazing ways Right wing conservative policies have affected this country. Especially under his administration. They could bring up reconciliation and the unforeseen ways they used it.
Why do liberals always like to start their posts off with bald-faced lies?
I guess they want to illustrate their stupidity for everyone to see, so we can stop reading early on!
In the decade leading up to Bush v. Gore, Justices Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas cast approximately 65 votes in non-unanimous Supreme Court decisions interpreting the Equal Protection Clause. Nineteen of those votes were cast in cases involving affirmative action, and I will return to them in a moment. Of the 46 votes that these Justices cast in cases that did not involve affirmative action, Justices Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas collectively cast only two votes to uphold a claimed violation of the Equal Protection Clause. Thus, these three Justices found a violation of Equal Protection in only 4 percent of these cases.
For the sake of comparison, over this same period, and in these very same cases, the colleagues of Justices Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas collectively voted 74 percent of the time to uphold the Equal Protection Clause claim. 74 percent versus 4 percent.
Against this background, one must wonder why Justices Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas suddenly discovered power and beauty in the Equal Protection Clause in Bush v. Gore. Indeed, as a group they cast more votes (three, to be exact) to uphold the Equal Protection Clause claim in Bush v. Gore than they had previously cast in all of the non-affirmative action Equal Protection Clause cases that they had considered in the previous decade.
Equal Protection? The Supreme Court's Decision in Bush v. Gore
If it looks like judicial activism, smells like judicial activism, and feels like judicial activism, it's judicial activism.
So, what do you think any of that proves?
Not a damn thing. Your lie still stands.
I notice Jeb Bush is not mentioned at all. How could that be?
A lie is "Obama was born in Kenya" or "Bush Tax Cuts for the rich will create jobs" or "WMD's" or "I'm not concerned about Bin Laden because he is living in a cave" or "Democrats only want to spend your money" or "supply and demand is a wild liberal theory" or "we were shimmered into being 6 thousand years ago" or "Republicans didn't block subpoena power so they could protect BP after the spill" and so on. Those are lies.
Suggesting Bush was helped into office by the Supreme Court and Florida is speculation. But speculation based on data and information. You can't prove it didn't happen. For some, the judicial activism by the Supreme Court is proof enough. Republicans constantly complain about judicial activism and the federal courts interfering in states rights. Well here is a perfect example. Act like a Republican. Saying it's OK because it's what you want is pure hypocrisy. And do you think Gore would have invaded Iraq? Do you think Gore would have create the massive deficit creating Bush Tax cuts? Would Gore have blackmaled Republicans?
John Boehner says Bush tax cuts created 8 million jobs over 10 years
Unemployment benefits: not until Bush tax cuts pass, Senate GOP says
Would Gore have protected and apologized to BP?
Cut veterans benefits?
Cut school lunches for children?
Why you are complaining that you think I might be lying when your party is neck deep in every kind of lie imaginable is hypocrisy at the highest level.
My feeling is GOP Judicial Activism put George Bush into office and you can't prove otherwise since we know the conservative Supreme Court got involved and put Bush into office. We know that for sure.