Al Franken Naps, Draws Cartoons During Kagan Hearings

[ericire12]

Told ya so!


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/29/sen-al-franken-naps-draws-cartoons-kagan-hearings/


*Looks like he is a pretty good artist.

[BAC]

Minnesota should be proud.

[Timothy]

Minnesota should be proud.

I just got off the phone with my big sister in the Twin Cities.....

She's not

[PegLeg45]

Told ya so!


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/29/sen-al-franken-naps-draws-cartoons-kagan-hearings/


*Looks like he is a pretty good artist.

Well, at least he found something he could be good at....comedy and public service seem to be his shortcomings.

[fightingquaker13]

Quoth Kagan:

Kagan herself has expressed a profound scorn for Senate confirmation hearings, which she described as empty "lessons of cynicism" — a "vapid and hollow charade" that replace important legal discussions with repetitive platitudes.

Here at long last is something she, I and apparently Franken can agree on. Yet here's a radical idea! Don't give a canned speech, ask a hard question. What do you think of the Slaughter-House Cases and why? What about the Prerequisite Cases? Really? How does that square with Black Elk vs US? What about Miranda? Rightly decided or not? Roe vs Casey? Does eliminating the trimester rule effect the basic principle established in Baird vs Connecticut? Justice Taney's view of substantive due process, does it have merit? If so is Dredd Scott good law?
For Gods sake make the appointee sweat! Its the best job in the legal community. The interview ought to be at least as hard as your first year Con law exam. Note to Senators: No one cares what you think. Do your job and hold their feet to the fire. If you don't ask questions that will either reduce them to a stammering wreck if they are unprepared or give them a chance to shine if they are, you have a very different attitude towards exams than I do.
FQ13 who gives orals to his seniors and has mastered the art of giving a blank face at the end of a thesis defense and asking, "Well, that was informative I suppose, but do you have anything else to add"? I am an evil SOB, but it does weed out the sheep from the goats. A confident NO is the right answer, stammered BS indicates it needs more work, we'll reschedule for next week. For SC nominees,, there is no rescheduling.

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[tombogan03884]

I'm surprised you ever heard of Black Elk.

[fightingquaker13]

I'm surprised you ever heard of Black Elk.

Its a classic, and a black eye to the Constitution. "Domestic dependent nations" indeed. A fancy way of saying you have no rights because we say so. Kind of like declaring an American citizen an "enemy combatent". Nice try, but no. If we defend the Comnstitution, we live by it. If we think we can put it away when it suits our purposes? Well, get off my obstacle Pyle!
FQ13
PS how did you score on Eric's "Libertarian purity test"?

[tombogan03884]

Lower than I would have if it did not ask about bombing civilians  
But you are missing the point about  "Domestic dependent nations".
You are looking at it in 21st century context of  Everyone is equal blah blah blah.
It takes on a different look when you remember that few Americans would have had any qualms about exterminating the entire race of "savages". When you listen to the whining from these dole moochers, you think it might not have been such a bad Idea. By the way, that only applied to those who chose to stay on the Res. Not to those who decided to assimilate and get JOBS.

But I was referring to Black Elk himself.

[fightingquaker13]

Lower than I would have if it did not ask about bombing civilians  
But you are missing the point about  "Domestic dependent nations".
You are looking at it in 21st century context of  Everyone is equal blah blah blah.
It takes on a different look when you remember that few Americans would have had any qualms about exterminating the entire race of "savages". When you listen to the whining from these dole moochers, you think it might not have been such a bad Idea. By the way, that only applied to those who chose to stay on the Res. Not to those who decided to assimilate and get JOBS.

But I was referring to Black Elk himself.

My take on "Black Elk" is this: All those born or naturalized. What part of this did the Court fail to understand? The whole reservation system and the BIA should have been thrown out. You're all American citizens, here's some land you own collectively, deal with it as you will.
FQ13 who feels his Libertarian score is growing

[tombogan03884]

My take on "Black Elk" is this: All those born or naturalized. What part of this did the Court fail to understand? The whole reservation system and the BIA should have been thrown out. You're all American citizens, here's some land you own collectively, deal with it as you will.
FQ13 who feels his Libertarian score is growing

That's where you are wrong, by remaining on the Res they retain their status as "Free Nations" they ARE NOT US Citizens. The large number of Indians who have served in the US Armed Forces , ALL volunteered, Indian's can't be drafted .
There is no requirement to remain on the Res. which with out Gambling, are usually little better than refugee camps, But if they leave they lose their Allotment.
Just like they did with the land its self, they are selling their rights to KEEP the boot on their neck.
But since you are so fixed on the obscure case, I assume you know squat about a visionary who witnessed the Custer battle as a young boy.
"Black Elk Speaks", I forget the Author or publisher, Some one else can supply them, I KNOW MB has read it  
Dee Brown did not write the WHOLE story, also read "Lame Deer, Seeker of visions "