Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Follies

Quote: missedhervee

Huh?

I thought that Christians believe the earth is less than 10,000 years old.

Quote: missedhervee

Huh?

I thought that Christians believe the earth is less than 10,000 years old.

What, aren't you a True Believer?

Based on literal interpretations of biblical genealogies in Genesis and other scriptures, many Christians estimate the Earth is approximately 6,000 to 6,500 years old.

This calculation adds roughly 4,000 years from creation to Christ, plus the 2,000 years since, famously calculated by Archbishop Ussher as starting in 4004 BC.

Biblical Calculation Method: This timeframe is derived by adding the lifespans and generations listed in Genesis 5 and 11, from Adam to Abraham, and subsequently calculating time from Abraham to Jesus.

So which do you favor: science or superstition?

Quote: AZDuffman

You also believe SCOTUS is not allowed to overturn its own bad decisions so what you think is not all that accurate.

Quote: missedhervee

No, I argued that they don't follow stare decisis, opting to place political considerations front and center over legal ones.

Quote: AZDuffman

Same thing.

Quote: missedhervee

No, it is not the "same thing."

American law is based on English law primarily and a fundamental tenet has always been stare decisis, i.e. paying homage to and following "established law."

Changing for political reasons as opposed to following established precedent is basically anathema to the practice of law as it removes certainty from any analysis.

Which is not to say that the USSC is prohibited from doing what it did: I am saying that in doing so it makes a near-mockery of the legal process as there was no new evidence to justify the 180 degree sea change viz. abortion, i.e. the facts remain the same but the outcome differs for only political reasons.

Bad show, that....

Quote: SOOPOO

Remember, SOOPOO is pro abortion rights. But everything I’ve ever read about ‘Roe’ was that it was a ‘wrong decision’. That it should never have been ruled that way. That it’s overturning was obviously the correct decision from a purely ‘Interpreting the law’ perspective. Abortion wasn’t made illegal by the USSC. That decision was left up to individual states.
You want a Constitutional Amendment to enshrine abortion rights as a law of the land? Our Constitution tells you how to accomplish that.

Quote: AZDuffman

Like gay marriage, Roe was probably made politically for the mood of the day. The Democrats could have put up a law (amendment is overkill) to regulate abortion at the federal level. They preferred to have the issue, same as when they declined to index minimum wage to inflation. They want the issue.

Quote: GenoDRPh

When since 1973 did the Dems have the political power to do so? When did they have control of the WH and both houses of Congress with a veto proof senate majority?

If Dems could've protected abortion via legislation, they would've done so at the earliest opportunity, and would have won the issue.

Quote: AZDuffman

Under Obama for one. And they could have made a push for it any number of times. Nope, they want the issue because they care more about their power than about their base. Then again they openly say their biggest supporters are not intelligent enough to get an ID so what do you expect?