That is exciting news, but also disappointing because it means you won't get to play multiplayer, and I think having you on my team along with Dynamite would really help us be winners.
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That is exciting news, but also disappointing because it means you won't get to play multiplayer, and I think having you on my team along with Dynamite would really help us be winners.
Well I'll see if I can keep the set up for a few days longer, no promises though.
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Multiplayer in like an hour?
Psht, I already started! Whenever you're ready let me know. I'm on Skype.
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I'm on a frustrating part, if I die a couple more times I'll be right there.
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How's everyones summer been so far?
The Supreme Court is about to make their announcement on the constitutionality of DOMA and Prop 8. After the week we've been having regarding civil liberties I'm not feeling as optimistic about this as I'd like to, but I'm still hopeful the Supreme Court does the right thing.
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Ugh...
Tiger Chaos Theory
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Glad I woke up earlier then intended to hear it so soon.
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I shouldn't be on Twitter at work, but I'm going to have to log in and follow what happens. I had almost forgotten about these rulings.
Lulz, that's exactly what happened to me. To be honest, the only reason I knew that this was happening is because I checked my Facebook and saw George Takei post something about it.
Tiger Chaos Theory
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Weirdly enough I saw your post about it before his. Was reading the story on how the vote was imminent on huffington when the vote actually went down.
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And in less important news:
justinsayne
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And in less important news:
Cool, now the Jets can sign him!
So DOMA is unconstitutional, but Prop 8 was dismissed. I think what this means is that the federal government will recognize same sex marriages as legal unions that will get all the rights that an opposite sex marriage would get. However, it's still within a state's rights to make same sex marriage unconstitutional. With more and more states legalizing same sex marriage each year, let's hope that this decision doesn't really matter in a few years.
Edit: Actually, apparently the Prop 8 decision is that the Supreme Court determined that the people defending Prop 8 in the California Supreme Court had no legal right to defend it, so they sent it back to California with the instructions to dismiss the case. I don't know what that means, but it seems like SCOTUS managed to tiptoe around the issue of whether states have the right to ban gay marriage.
Edit: Actually, apparently the Prop 8 decision is that the Supreme Court determined that the people defending Prop 8 in the California Supreme Court had no legal right to defend it, so they sent it back to California with the instructions to dismiss the case. I don't know what that means, but it seems like SCOTUS managed to tiptoe around the issue of whether states have the right to ban gay marriage.
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This just goes to show how uninformed I am, I had to Google both these things to see what the fuck you were talking about.
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Today could have been better, but after the Voting Rights Act ruling from yesterday, I am more than happy with how the Court ruled today. I would have loved for to see them rule that banning same-sex marriage is Unconstitutional, but getting out of the way will do for now.
Agreed. Like I said before, I was optimistic that they'd declare DOMA unconstitutional, but after yesterday I wasn't as sure as I'd like to be.
But man, I wish Scalia would just retire or die already. Unfortunately, it's likely that Ginsberg will retire before him.
Man, I really hope we can elect another Democratic president after Obama so we can get more liberal appointees to the court.
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Yep. Aren't most of them Bush Jr. appointees?
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Side note: This is one of those days I'm glad I was a journalism major, because not only do I get to have fun reading all the breaking news, but I've actually read Supreme Court decisions before, so they almost make sense!
Isn't it a bit fucked up that a body which holds so much power is essentially unaccountable to the people, and are appointed because their political leaning is similar to whoever's in power? Genuine question. I've felt similarly about the House of Lords and its off-shoots over here for some time.
No less fucked up than (in our case) a candidate winning the popular vote, but losing the election.
This is a pretty sizable victory, but I think as long as we have a world where the south is what it is... And that seems bloody likely for a while... This isn't a completed battle
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Part of that is cancelled out by the fact that there are 11(?) of them, and no single president is going to replace a majority. Another is that even though they may identify as a certain party or lean a certain way, it's all how they interpret the Constitution and previous rulings. You can't always guarantee how they'll vote.
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