tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post9102048143603464844..comments2024-03-28T22:42:40.503-04:00Comments on Southern District of Florida Blog: Why we need cameras in the Supreme Court!David Oscar Markushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18386723948607633980noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-34925336740051013262015-12-11T18:07:41.705-05:002015-12-11T18:07:41.705-05:00No sadder than the liberal agenda to grab at straw...No sadder than the liberal agenda to grab at straws in order to find fault with republicans....especially on the eve of an election. The whole idea being that if a republican judicial appointee is racist, so are the rest of republicans. And, of course, the video would the icing on the cake. After all, seems like everyone, including those on this blog, reached their own conclusions about Scalia's comments. So, why do we need a video? Oh yes, for political special effects!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-46384519543000614052015-12-11T14:36:26.688-05:002015-12-11T14:36:26.688-05:00Wow. I am shocked, and saddened really, that so m...Wow. I am shocked, and saddened really, that so many people (especially those on this blog)can read Scalia's words and not view them as blatantly racist. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-53995898020786305432015-12-11T13:33:09.168-05:002015-12-11T13:33:09.168-05:00But without a video Dems can't really use in a...But without a video Dems can't really use in a campaign ad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-64278335756330559012015-12-11T11:08:37.539-05:002015-12-11T11:08:37.539-05:00Somehow you were able to figure that out even with...Somehow you were able to figure that out even without a video of the oral argument. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-19685713289860296502015-12-11T09:04:58.124-05:002015-12-11T09:04:58.124-05:00Nice try. But he adopted that argument and reasoni...Nice try. But he adopted that argument and reasoning of the "mismatch" theory with this quote:<br /><br />"I'm just not impressed by <br />the fact that that the University of Texas may have<br />fewer. Maybe it ought to have fewer. And maybe some<br />you know, when you take more, the number of blacks,<br />really competent blacks admitted to lesser schools,<br />turns out to be less. And and I I don't think<br />it it it stands to reason that it's a good thing<br />for the University of Texas to admit as many blacks as<br />possible. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-56318288448587606832015-12-10T22:38:03.872-05:002015-12-10T22:38:03.872-05:00I'm not sure what the big deal is all about - ...I'm not sure what the big deal is all about - other than, of course, to create a false narrative. First, Scalia has historically been anti affirmative action, therefore whatever he said this time should not surprise anyone --- except, secondly, that what he said was not of his vintage as he was quoting an argument on a brief. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-46209223784542996192015-12-10T16:15:11.873-05:002015-12-10T16:15:11.873-05:00Well if the point here is that some people are inc...Well if the point here is that some people are incapable of understanding what somebody said based on a verbatim transcript, you've proven it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-34833742090911428162015-12-10T14:43:00.290-05:002015-12-10T14:43:00.290-05:00First, Scalia doesn't need any help making him...First, Scalia doesn't need any help making himself look bad, he does fine all by himself. But, more importantly, if we have learned anything this past year it is that visual and audible proof of someone's actions and words have profoundly more impact than having that action described, even in detail, or reading a verbatim transcription of those words. We as a society need to see it and hear it ourselves. The Court would no doubt counter that the only words that matter are the words that make up its decisions and that a hypothetical or rhetorical question at oral argument has little public importance. But in this case, the country would be best served if they could hear and see what Scalia said. It was deeply offensive and given the dialogue that is currently occurring on college campuses across the country, those words needed to be made public in a way that people could see and hear what he said. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-78181960441050247212015-12-10T14:21:22.836-05:002015-12-10T14:21:22.836-05:00No, not at all. I was just pointing out that peop...No, not at all. I was just pointing out that people can selectively edit video just as they can selectively quote a transcript, and that as long as the whole transcript is already available I don't see how the availability of video would make any difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-55462287781533962832015-12-10T13:33:57.879-05:002015-12-10T13:33:57.879-05:0011:18 - is your position that what David posted is...11:18 - is your position that what David posted is a "selective" quote that makes him look bad? Seems to actually be bad to me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-37522499382686438662015-12-10T11:28:40.116-05:002015-12-10T11:28:40.116-05:00you are linking to a word by word transcript of wh...you are linking to a word by word transcript of what he said... isn't that better?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-59662846855179232752015-12-10T11:18:00.767-05:002015-12-10T11:18:00.767-05:00I'm not sure having cameras in the Court would...I'm not sure having cameras in the Court would have made a difference given that the entire transcript is available. It may even make the problem worse, those who selectively quote Scalia to make him look bad could just as easily edit the video footage to do the same thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com