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Originally Posted by Willravel
I never said Thomas was the swing vote. Kennedy is. Thomas tends to swing MORE. As in, more than Alito or Scalia. You can go back and read it.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
On the court there are generally two that swing more, Kennedy and Thomas.
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You're right, you never said that Thomas was THE swing vote. You said he was A swing vote. And again, Thomas' vote varies from Scalia's a whopping 6% of the time. That is not a swing vote. Souter is more of a swing voter than Thomas, as is Breyer.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
He said it was off one stage, but then named the next logical step in attacking pro-choice: an Amendment. You'll have to refresh my memory, has anyone recently suggested there should be an amendment "protecting marriage"?
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I'm not even going to address your gay marriage strawman beyond acknowledging what it is. Scalia said it was off the stage and that it's settled in the court's eyes. You chose to see that as some sort of call to arms to amend the Constitution when there's no documentation of him making any sort of follow-up that one would expect from that sort of movement. I know I'm not alone when I say that you're reading something into the statement that's not there.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
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Interesting considering that the Supreme Court has heard no direct challenges to Roe v. Wade during Scalia's tenure. It's bad reporting. Scalia has consistently voted to limit the scope of Roe, but he's never once had the opportunity to overturn it.