EducationWeek
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, a staunch defender of racial equity and the constitutional separation of church and state in education, died Thursday at home in New Hampshire, the court announced on Friday. He was 85.
Souter was appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 to succeed liberal stalwart Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Over the next 19 years, he became a reliably liberal vote in several areas of school law before being succeeded by Justice Sonia Sotomayor in 2009.
He wrote a dissent to a 1995 decision that struck down a broad remedial desegregation plan for the Kansas City, Mo., schools, and in 2007 joined the dissent to a ruling that made it more difficult for school districts to consider race in assigning students to schools. More
Good! Looking forward to a few more.
Despised him ever since Kelo. Good riddance. I hope his eminent domain is very hot.
To fully honor his memory, I held a second of silence.
What’s for dinner?
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“Racial equality” — The races are provably not equal.
“Constitutional separation of church and state” — There is nothing in the Constitution mandating a separation of church and state, only that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…”
Souter was assho.
Now he goes to argue his case before a higher judge.
Bless his heart!
Buh By (and stay dead-no democrat shenanigans’!!!!!)
Arrogant horses ass
HW was conned into believing that Souter was a moderate. How often to republican-appointed justices end up being far left liberals after they get appointed?
This only makes the Court more Conservative with a DJT pick… or so I hope!
Or so I hope because Pam and the Noem are giving me pause!
@richard — From liberal GHWB’s perspective, Souter WAS a moderate.
My Bush fantasy: At a family reunion, W somehow grabs hold of a live wire and can’t let go. Then, one by one, the rest of the Bushies try to save him (and then the others) by grabbing on – only to find they can’t let go either. And they are all electrocuted, and the rest of us live happily ever after. The end.
Uncle Al
Saturday, 10 May 2025, 19:00 at 7:00 pm
“My Bush fantasy: At a family reunion, W somehow grabs hold of a live wire and can’t let go. Then, one by one, the rest of the Bushies try to save him (and then the others) by grabbing on – only to find they can’t let go either. And they are all electrocuted, and the rest of us live happily ever after. The end.”
…nice idea, but voltage laddering will protect the ones in the back because each successive person is a resistor that causes a voltage drop.
So you wont get them all.
https://alchetron.com/Voltage-ladder
Good Communist Achievement: Unlocked.
@SNS —
It ain’t Volts that’ll kill ya, it’s the Amps. But Volts help!
Across the chest, as little as 0.3 mA can kick the heart into fib. Sayonara!
Uncle Al
Saturday, 10 May 2025, 19:36 at 7:36 pm
“@SNS —
It ain’t Volts that’ll kill ya, it’s the Amps. But Volts help!
Across the chest, as little as 0.3 mA can kick the heart into fib. Sayonara!”
…but unless they have a hand on each shoulder. it wont be across the chest. Shortest path depends on many things but would not necessarily cross the heart. I saw a guy get nuked while standing in wet cement when the crane with the bucket intersected a transmission line, and it didnt kill him, but the way it puddinged his brain and roasted his innards, it would have been more merciful if it HAD.
And volts DO matter, or youd be able to kill yourself with a 9v battery. Using your numbers, a 9v can produce a minimum of .4 amps, but unless you apply it directly to the heart, I dont see it being terribly lethal…
https://portablepowerguides.com/how-many-amps-is-a-9-volt-battery/
You need the volts to push the amps thru the resistance.
In more important news, I found a great place that will make fantastic smoked sausage from my buffalo meat.
There is no “constitutional separation of church and state”…. It’s quite simply not there…
did he die in the arms of a 10 year old boy?