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The Political Carnival: Scalia Would Have Voted to Keep School Segregation
Delaware Liberal: The Wise Antonin Scalia Speaks
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Scalia says he'd likely have dissented in Brown v. Board, would have voted to keep schools desegregated
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RT @djasson: And while I'm doing FU's, Fuck You Antonin Scalia for saying you'd support school segregation in America. http://bit.ly/dfSOn 10/27/2009 |
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Scalia thinks Brown V. Board of Edu was wrong. Is he crazy, evil or both? http://bit.ly/4j5IVQ 10/27/2009 |
Scalia Would Have Voted to Keep School Segregation
The Political Carnival —
... Supreme Court "Justice"? In an appearance at the University of Arizona, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia "said he likely would have dissented from the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared school segregation illegal and struck down the system of 'separate but equal'; public schools," the East Valley Tribune reports. "He said that decision, which overturned earlier precedent, was designed to provide an approach the majority liked better." "I will stipulate that it will,'' Scalia said. But ...
The Wise Antonin Scalia Speaks
Delaware Liberal —
Supreme Court Justice and model for Republican judges Antonin Scalia: In an appearance at the University of Arizona, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia “said he likely would have dissented from the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared school segregation illegal and struck down the system of ’separate but equal’; public schools,” the East Valley Tribune reports.“He said that decision, which overturned earlier precedent, was designed to provide an approach the majority liked better.” “I will stipulate that it will,” Scalia said. But he said that ...
Scalia says he'd likely have dissented in Brown v. Board, would have voted to keep schools desegregated
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
I think we have a new question for reporters to ask our Republican colleagues. Especially anyone who is seen with Justice Scalia in the future. Oh, and someone ask Scalia about Loving v. Virginia too. From Taegan Goddard's Political Wire: In an appearance at the University of Arizona, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia "said he likely would have dissented from the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared school segregation illegal and struck down the system of 'separate but equal'; public schools," the East Valley ...
Brown, Plessy, Whatever -- By: Ed Whelan
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ) that the Court in Brown v. Board of Education reached the right result, I was surprised to see this summary of a newspaper article contending that Scalia recently stated that he would have dissented in Brown. Well, apparently he actually stated that he would have joined Justice Harlan’s dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson—in other words, the exact opposite of the position that the newspaper imputed to him. (I haven’t reviewed the ...
Brown, Plessy, Whatever -- By: Ed Whelan
Bench Memos on National Review Online —
... ) that the Court in Brown v. Board of Education reached the right result, I was surprised to see this summary of a newspaper article contending that Scalia recently stated that he would have dissented in Brown. Well, apparently he actually stated that he would have joined Justice Harlan’s dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson—in other words, the exact opposite of the position that the newspaper imputed to him. (I haven’t reviewed the ...
The Blogosphere, the Mainstream Press, and the Fake Scalia Story
Balkinization —
... conclusion from it than he does: There's plenty of unfair criticism about blogs out there, but this is one area where the critics are absolutely right. Because of the nature of the medium and the pace of the blogosphere's news cycle, too many bloggers prioritize speed over quality, and they get burned on stories like this one as a result. In this case outlets like Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine's Daily Intel blog and Political Wire, among others, all accepted the newspaper account uncritically and posted it. ...
Don’t Believe Everything You Read
Discriminations —
... Before the error was uncovered, the story circulated all around the internet, including at CQ Politics’ Political Wire, and as a result, we can expect to see the false claim repeated for weeks in the press. (Political Wire, for example, contains a commentary by Taegan Doddard entitled, “ ...
