Frank calls Scalia a "homophobe"

[ThetaDancer]

Originally Posted by baci

Frank needs to go with that comment!

Lol. Ok lady...

Originally Posted by Kevin

Much ado about nothing, IMHO.

Exactly.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Frank is one of, what, 435 member of the House up for election every two years?

Scalia is one of nine Supreme Court justices, each of whom has a lifetime appointment. He is part of what is usually the Court's conservative-leaning majority, and he can often be an influential voice on the Court. I hardly think that counts as a second stringer in the world of US politics.

I'm just tired of the misuse/overuse of the word "homophobia." Sometimes it fits, but sometimes it doesn't.

On law, no, but he's "second string" because he can't actually go and make proposals to congress. And the SC shouldn't really be about politics in the first place. It should be about the law.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

On law, no, but he's "second string" because he can't actually go and make proposals to congress.

Well, by that definition then, Frank is not second string -- he can introduce all the bills he wants.

And the SC shouldn't really be about politics in the first place. It should be about the law.

Politics = the science or art of governing or exercising power in the public affairs of a country/state/municipality etc. The judiciary should not be partisan (for which "political" often operates as a synonym), but it is by definition political.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Well, by that definition then, Frank is not second string -- he can introduce all the bills he wants.

Politics = the science or art of governing or exercising power in the public affairs of a country/state/municipality etc. The judiciary should not be partisan (for which "political" often operates as a synonym), but it is by definition political.

yeah i guess so

he's still only one voice out of many though. either way, our little aside isn't really contributing very much to this thread. sorry about that.

Partisan would have been the better word choice.