This is an odd one, Palins 5th child is apparantly her 17 year old daughters?

[jojosmaman]

... according to some reports in the US?

here

[combustiblelemon]

I've really read too many political thrillers . You are of course right that the composition of the court is pretty secure.

[ilovemydog]

It's sounding all too much like a John Grisham novel. A photogenic VP elect with old cranky President elect.

I hate that the Democrats were so obsessed by Clinton/Obama personality thing that they forgot that the opposition is the Republican party.

I've been quite surprised about some of the (individual) decisions of the Supreme Court Justices. Sandra Day O'Connor, was appointed by Reagan (or Bush?) and initally had the reputation of being quite right wing. But I've read a number of her decisions and she appears to have based her decision on precedent and the rule of law...

[combustiblelemon]

I think that it really is about interpretation. It's like the right to arm bears. Do you take that as absolute because it's there in writing or do you say that the people who wrote that were talking about self-prptection and not about machine guns or rocket launchers?

[msdemeanor]

PSML - at the thought of armed bears, I'm going to bed!

[ilovemydog]

The 2nd ammendment - the right to arm bears

[combustiblelemon]

Well it would probably result in less gunshot deaths and make hunting more challenging.

[seeker]

I thing arming bears is very wrong. Surely arming rabbits would be much better in terms of balance? Mutually assured destruction and all that?

[combustiblelemon]