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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Oh don't tell me about it, people in Baltimore didn't really think I was South American while I was there because I wasn't brown enough for that.
Inter arma enim silent leges
The original Star Trek television series did an episode that lampshaded racism and bigotry, with two aliens who were half black and half white — literally. Their basis for determining who was "us" and who was "them" was which side of their face (right or left) was black and which side was white. To the crew of the Enterprise, it seemed a silly and arbitrary distinction, but the aliens fought a centuries-long genocidal war over it.
Some items from the Supreme Court
They've ruled 5-3 to knock down Texas' Abortion Restrictions, declare surgical center requirements and the admitting privileges provisions unconstitutional. Swing vote was Kennedy.
They've also unanimously annulled former Virginia Governor Mc Donnell's corruption charges.
edited 27th Jun '16 7:47:20 AM by PotatoesRock
Trump emails: Can you spare $10 to help elect a billionaire?: http://bigstory.ap.org/7710e8016349408e93c24429b0ec67f1
edited 27th Jun '16 7:53:37 AM by sgamer82
Speaking of Trump:
Texas Abortion Supreme Court Case likely to drive Evangelicals in Trump's arms.
As for McDonnell
, the gist is the Supreme Court says the cast was too vague. And it looks like they accepted arguments that some level of figleaf'd Quid Pro Quo between Lobbyists/Special Interest Groups and Politicians needs to exist.
(It's comically common for Lobbyists and the like to take politicians out to sports events, fancy dinners, be given gifts, etc.)
I don't think they'll get too many people in Trump's camp who weren't there already. Abortion seems to be a particular bugaboo of elected Republicans but not something that drives voters to the polls over other issues, not any more.
Well, if evangelicals had been really serious about their faith-based politics this cycle, why'd they overwhelmingly support Trump over Cruz? It's not clear that Trump gives a hoot-and-a-holler about opposing abortion or LGBT rights.
edited 27th Jun '16 8:41:11 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Is it evangelicals specifically that support Trump over Cruz? That seems improbable.

Iranian = Brown = Muslim = Bad
Is generally how the logic goes in America.
Oh really when?