[Magdalen] Ireland

[Jay Weigel]

I dunno....Scalia looks like a stroke, or heart attack, on the hoof.
Probably not, though I really wonder what his blood pressure runs, and how
many meds he has to take to keep it under control, and whether he needs a
CPAP. That bull neck.....! Thomas, too.

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm afraid the one most likely to
> retire--or die--is Ginsburg. The other progressives, fortunately, are
> relatively young.
>
> > On May 26, 2015, at 1:27 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm wondering if the Irish vote with an amendment to the Irish
> Constitution
> > resulting might influence the USA Supreme Court to cop out of
> > responsibility
> > by suggesting the same action here in the USA?
> >
> > IOW would they likely refuse to settle the question and punt the ball
> > over to a general plebiscite?
> >
> > If so, I suspect there would be a "no" vote in the USA.  As much  as
> > American public opinion on this matter has liberalized, I don't think
> the
> > majority would be in the "yes" camp, at least quite yet.
> >
> > Now, if the vote were limited to the 20-40 year old voters, we'd get  a
> > resounding "yes."
> >
> > This brings up the whole question of justice by direct vote.  What  the
> > majority favors isn't necessarily what is just.  That is a major  reason
> why
> > we have the Supreme Court.
> >
> > Any chance of any of the conservative justices retiring before Obama
> > finishes next year?
> >
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
>