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Neehai Zapata

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02-01-2006 06:50

That is very odd behavior. One of the best parts of the SOTU is that the Justices never stand or clap or acknowledge anything the President says.

Technically they are supposed to be non-partisan justices and it is inappropriate for them to do so. Or at least that was the belief.

What changed last night? Just seemed odd to me.

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Reitsuki Kojima

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02-01-2006 06:55

The belief that anything is non-partisan these days is basicly a pipedream, Neehai. On both sides. I hold my own party as guilty as the opposing.

That said, technicly SC justices aren't supposed to be non-partisan, precisely - They can have opinions. What they are not supposed to do is let their opinions dictate how they rule.

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Neehai Zapata

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02-01-2006 07:25

It might have been a non-formal tradition. I just always thought it was funny that they always sat there like stones.

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Aliasi Stonebender

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02-01-2006 08:00

From: Reitsuki Kojima

The belief that anything is non-partisan these days is basicly a pipedream, Neehai. On both sides. I hold my own party as guilty as the opposing.

That said, technicly SC justices aren't supposed to be non-partisan, precisely - They can have opinions. What they are not supposed to do is let their opinions dictate how they rule.

That said, SC justices are also pretty well known for bucking party lines when they personally disagree with it; one of the upshots of a lifetime job.

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Why were Republican SC Justices standing and clapping last night?
Neehai Zapata Unofficial Parent Join date: 8 Apr 2004 Posts: 1,970	02-01-2006 06:50 That is very odd behavior. One of the best parts of the SOTU is that the Justices never stand or clap or acknowledge anything the President says. Technically they are supposed to be non-partisan justices and it is inappropriate for them to do so. Or at least that was the belief. What changed last night? Just seemed odd to me. _____________________ Unofficial moderator and proud dysfunctional parent to over 1000 bastard children.
Reitsuki Kojima Witchhunter Join date: 27 Jan 2004 Posts: 5,328	02-01-2006 06:55 The belief that anything is non-partisan these days is basicly a pipedream, Neehai. On both sides. I hold my own party as guilty as the opposing. That said, technicly SC justices aren't supposed to be non-partisan, precisely - They can have opinions. What they are not supposed to do is let their opinions dictate how they rule. _____________________ I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven? We are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us.
Neehai Zapata Unofficial Parent Join date: 8 Apr 2004 Posts: 1,970	02-01-2006 07:25 It might have been a non-formal tradition. I just always thought it was funny that they always sat there like stones. _____________________ Unofficial moderator and proud dysfunctional parent to over 1000 bastard children.
Aliasi Stonebender Return of Catbread Join date: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 1,858	02-01-2006 08:00 From: Reitsuki Kojima The belief that anything is non-partisan these days is basicly a pipedream, Neehai. On both sides. I hold my own party as guilty as the opposing. That said, technicly SC justices aren't supposed to be non-partisan, precisely - They can have opinions. What they are not supposed to do is let their opinions dictate how they rule. That said, SC justices are also pretty well known for bucking party lines when they personally disagree with it; one of the upshots of a lifetime job. _____________________ Red Mary says, softly, “How a man grows aggressive when his enemy displays propriety. He thinks: I will use this good behavior to enforce my advantage over her. Is it any wonder people hold good behavior in such disregard?” Anything Surplus Home to the "Nuke the Crap Out of..." series of games and other stuff

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