New SCC Justices!

[HVC]

-Greek (First Greek SCC Justice can't hurt)

The EU made a decision based on that fact and are regretting it to this day. Have we learned nothing!

[Tonitrus]

They chose this woman over Sharpe? 

Given the cultural sensitivies in Canada, picking a man most famous for shooting Frenchmen might be seen as unduly provocative.

Yet oh so satisfying.

[Malthus]

They chose this woman over Sharpe? 

Given the cultural sensitivies in Canada, picking a man most famous for shooting Frenchmen might be seen as unduly provocative.

Actually, his fame in the field of Injunctions and Specific Performance texts now trumps his Frenchman-shooting exploits. 

Evidently he has switched careers along with centuries. 

[Malthus]

She is a:

-woman
-Greek (First Greek SCC Justice can't hurt)
-bilingual
-strong, but defensible ties to Flaherty and Ontario PCs

She is not a:

- well-known judge or learned legal authority

[crazy canuck]

She is a:

-woman
-Greek (First Greek SCC Justice can't hurt)
-bilingual
-strong, but defensible ties to Flaherty and Ontario PCs

She is not a:

- well-known judge or learned legal authority

But based on media reports that does not matter because she is:

- Female

[Neil]

She is a:

-woman
-Greek (First Greek SCC Justice can't hurt)
-bilingual
-strong, but defensible ties to Flaherty and Ontario PCs

She is not a:

- well-known judge or learned legal authority

If Sharpe got a sex-change, he would have been in for sure.  The optics of putting a sex-change weirdo on the bench would have been too good.  Double check-box for 'woman' and fag.

[Tonitrus]

Our SC is more powerful than your SC.

Of course, here in Amerika, lawyers reign supreme over the peasant masses.

[Neil]

Our SC is more powerful than your SC.

Of course, here in Amerika, lawyers reign supreme over the peasant masses.

That might have been true once, but the Charter of Rights removed all the rights from the people and placed them in the Supreme Court.  Now, they hold absolute power over Canada.  They're Canada's Politburo.

[crazy canuck]

Our SC is more powerful than your SC.

How so?

[Razgovory]

Our SC is more powerful than your SC.

How so?

Scalia is always packing under that robe.  Curiously our SC is made up entirely of Jews and Catholics.

[Neil]

American protestants have regressed into a religious stupor over the last few decades.

[Razgovory]

American protestants have regressed into a religious stupor over the last few decades.

It's not a real religion.  Incidentally the Protestant view of the Bible is very similar to the Conservative view of the Constitution likewise the Catholic view of the Bible is not dissimilar to Liberal view of the Constitution.  For example when I was last on Pdox some GOPtards were arguing that the 3/5ths clause should apply to illegal immigrants.  Apparently this a popular idea amongst Glenn Beck fans, based on personal interpretation of the Constitution.

[Neil]

It's definitely a real religion.  Millions fought and died for it.

I think the advantage that Catholics have is that they're used to ignoring authority, since the Catholic Church has been at odds with reality for so long that even their adherents don't really pay much attention to them anymore.

[Razgovory]

It's definitely a real religion.  Millions fought and died for it.

I think the advantage that Catholics have is that they're used to ignoring authority, since the Catholic Church has been at odds with reality for so long that even their adherents don't really pay much attention to them anymore.

History is full of people dying for things that aren't a real religion.  The Catholic church has so many doctrine that have been fought over and argued that it's a bit like case law.  Similar to Judaism, it makes it a natural fit for a judge.

[The Minsky Moment]

Actually, his fame in the field of Injunctions and Specific Performance texts

Classic material for trial court judges.  Peter Principle?