tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post7986419190207739179..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Through The Legal Looking Glass--The Nine Gray EminencesAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-91247923769308077082009-08-26T00:50:19.531-04:002009-08-26T00:50:19.531-04:00DCAlleyKat: I guess you could say "a mind is...DCAlleyKat: I guess you could say "a mind is a terrible thing to over-use." Scalia is known as a very motivational law instructor. But getting law students to develop nimble minds and work out every side of a legal issue is not the same talent as taking a position, making it clear, and convincing others to follow you. I saw it in action hundreds of times over the years in my trial work. Harvard, Yale, Princeton law grads, totally enamored with the brilliance of their legal analysis. Unfortunately for them (and fortunately for me), I understood what they were saying, but the juries didn't. At times it was hard to tell whether they were arguing for the defense or the prosecution, and I think they often confused themselves.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-32757064053362727902009-08-26T00:43:21.992-04:002009-08-26T00:43:21.992-04:00Tennessee: I always had the feeling that Anita Hi...Tennessee: I always had the feeling that Anita Hill was just a poor, neurotic patsy who had deluded herself into thinking that Thomas was sending her signals that just weren't there. It's a fairly common neurosis. And when nothing develops sexually or romantically, the neurosis turns ugly (think: Potiphar's wife from the story of Joseph). There were plenty of anti-Thomas zealots ready to exploit her delusions.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-21050374017293441092009-08-25T23:20:38.337-04:002009-08-25T23:20:38.337-04:00DCAlleyKat: I agree with you and Andrew. I have gr...DCAlleyKat: I agree with you and Andrew. I have great admiration for Scalia, but he suffers from the same syndrome as Stevens. Brilliant mind that doesn't know how to turn that brilliance into clear messages that lesser legal minds can fully comprehend. Too professorial, not pointed enough.<br /><br />LOL...what I call a "legal teleprompter"...it's all there, and it's brilliant, but it lacks the ability to express.DCAlleyKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13595521064453455995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-55779761825308853082009-08-25T22:06:12.533-04:002009-08-25T22:06:12.533-04:00I thoroughly enjoyed this article, Hawk. I must co...I thoroughly enjoyed this article, Hawk. I must confess, Thomas is one of the justices I knew the least about. Certainly, the liberal of the main stream media showed up in laying the hint of his judicial skill being suspect. While I don't hold you to writing a separate article, it would be interesting sometime to go into more detail on the hearing.<br /><br />The $64,000 question to me is this: Did Anita Hill come in specifically to perjure herself to take down Thomas or did she possibly delude herself to believe that the events in question "kinda sorta happened."Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-64549825137949753452009-08-25T15:38:50.505-04:002009-08-25T15:38:50.505-04:00DCAlleyKat: I agree with you and Andrew. I have ...DCAlleyKat: I agree with you and Andrew. I have great admiration for Scalia, but he suffers from the same syndrome as Stevens. Brilliant mind that doesn't know how to turn that brilliance into clear messages that lesser legal minds can fully comprehend. Too professorial, not pointed enough. Thomas leaves no questions in anybody's minds, even those who disagree with him.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-10685934415497318422009-08-25T15:35:00.642-04:002009-08-25T15:35:00.642-04:00MegaTroll: What a sad, sorry display that whole A...MegaTroll: What a sad, sorry display that whole Anita Hill character assassination was. She looked like she was going to collapse or go into helpless tears at any moment. I'm no psychologist, but that woman looked like an hysterical neurotic who was in need of medication, therapy, or both. She chose to go into a profession that requires her to swim with sharks, and she is clearly a minnow.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-46527773923779789022009-08-25T15:34:39.697-04:002009-08-25T15:34:39.697-04:00DCAlleyKat, I was reading your mind! :-)
CalFed,...DCAlleyKat, I was reading your mind! :-)<br /><br />CalFed, Glad to hear it! Like I said, if we had 5-9 Thomas's on the court, we would be in great shape.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-10112084536902556522009-08-25T15:25:59.467-04:002009-08-25T15:25:59.467-04:00LawhawkSF and Andrew Price--As you can guess from ...LawhawkSF and Andrew Price--As you can guess from my ID, I'm a strong believer in true federalism. Thomas has been the staunchest defender of constitutional federalism since the day he was seated on the Supreme Court bench. And he gets it right at every level. He's in favor of the states exercising their sovereign powers without interference from the central government, and at the federal level, he truly understands the separation of powers. In the Hamdan case he nailed Congress for interfering with the clear executive prerogative. Unfortunately, he was in the minority.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284025222779154243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-66999426164708643682009-08-25T15:18:09.575-04:002009-08-25T15:18:09.575-04:00Lawhawk, Thomas is my favorite justice. I used to ...Lawhawk, Thomas is my favorite justice. I used to like Scalia the best, but he can often get lost in philosophy. I think Thomas is much better grounded. If the Court was made up of 5-9 Thomases, this country would be so much better off.<br /><br />Andrew, I so totally agree with you. Funny on the Scalia thing - it's as if you read my mind, Thomas is much better grounded.DCAlleyKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13595521064453455995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-87310487194744485252009-08-25T15:02:30.025-04:002009-08-25T15:02:30.025-04:00Lawhawk, Clearly, great minds think alike.Lawhawk, Clearly, great minds think alike.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-80986298707874620592009-08-25T14:43:29.149-04:002009-08-25T14:43:29.149-04:00Lawhawk, Great article. I was furious during the ...Lawhawk, Great article. I was furious during the Anita Hill hearings. I still hold that against the Senators who tried to slam him.MegaTrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03234420338804013858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-67548287818452907622009-08-25T13:45:44.108-04:002009-08-25T13:45:44.108-04:00Andrew: I'm pleased to hear that. I knew you...Andrew: I'm pleased to hear that. I knew you and I agreed on who the best Justices are, but I didn't realize we shared our top admiration for Justice Thomas. The thing I'm really looking forward to is the first head-to-head confrontation between Thomas and Sotomayor. I can only imagine what he's going to tell her when she starts her routine about coming up from poverty and becoming a "wise Latina."LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-3774569323723469402009-08-25T13:09:51.679-04:002009-08-25T13:09:51.679-04:00Lawhawk, Thomas is my favorite justice. I used to...Lawhawk, Thomas is my favorite justice. I used to like Scalia the best, but he can often get lost in philosophy. I think Thomas is much better grounded. If the Court was made up of 5-9 Thomases, this country would be so much better off.<br /><br />And it really, really makes me angry when liberals say that he's stupid. He is one of the smartest people on the court, and about 100 IQ points higher than the newest one.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-15854647847027598602009-08-25T12:51:41.811-04:002009-08-25T12:51:41.811-04:00WriterX: "Disgraceful" is the word that...WriterX: "Disgraceful" is the word that best fits the behavior of all of the people involved in assassinating Thomas's personal character. Napolitano was indeed one of the Inquisitors. And ever the hypocrites,many of those same people cried "racism" when Sotomayor was questioned on her actual words and written treatises.<br /><br />StanH: I couldn't agree more. Justice Thomas, better than any of the other Justices, comprehends what the Founders were trying to accomplish in creating a government of laws, not of men.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-4675683153672620752009-08-25T11:27:28.358-04:002009-08-25T11:27:28.358-04:00The Clarence Thomas story is a truly American tale...The Clarence Thomas story is a truly American tale. Rags to riches, insurmountable odds, and possesses a drive that is repeated every day in this great country. Thank God, we have a Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court to preserve The Constitution, great story indeed.StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-55958419480632565872009-08-25T11:00:56.335-04:002009-08-25T11:00:56.335-04:00Justice Thomas is perhaps the justice who I admire...Justice Thomas is perhaps the justice who I admire the most. His story is riveting. I remember watching the Anita Hill hearings. They were a disgrace. LawHawk, you probably already know this, but Janet Napolitano (then a lawyer with Lewis & Roca in downtown Phoenix) was one of the attorneys representing Hill and attempting to demonize Thomas. I remember those hearings went on for days. Another moment in time when liberals revealed their true intentions.Writer Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505411188186283813noreply@blogger.com