Comments on: Repackaging Korematsu

By: janinsanfran

janinsanfran — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:13:14 +0000

Is this guy Posner anything but an intellectual whore for the powerfu1? I know we are supposed revere his intellect, but this peon looks at results and sees consistent power grabs for those who pay well.

By: pluege

pluege — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:15:18 +0000

It is now widely viewed as one of the high court’s three great historical mistakes, alongside Dred Scot and Plessy v. Ferguson.

when does bush v. Gore get posted as huge historical mistake #4?
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By: zeno2vonnegut

zeno2vonnegut — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:10:14 +0000

Korematsu was logically indefensible at the time it was decided. What military necessity would require internment of a tiny minority of Japanese in WWII California that would have exempted rounding up German immigrants in WWI? Or more glaringly, exempted internment of Japanese-Americans in Hawaii where the minority was larger and the invasion threat was direr?

By: LS

LS — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:04:10 +0000

Better yet!!!

They are Zeros not Zoros….0000000000000000000000

By: Steve-AR

Steve-AR — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:04:09 +0000

More than partly..the irony is Earl Warren was a prime mover in this story.

By: CTuttle

CTuttle — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:02:54 +0000

They have no ~~new~~ ideas…

;-)

By: Loo Hoo.

Loo Hoo. — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:02:40 +0000

McCain says, “Lieberman, my…, one of my favorite democrats…”

Bet he almost accidentally said, Leiberman, my running mate.

By: LS

LS — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:01:36 +0000

Republicans are really boring and tedious to listen to.

They have no new ideas…

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…….

By: CTuttle

CTuttle — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:00:39 +0000

Still a very sore topic to raise here in the Isles…

By: Loo Hoo.

Loo Hoo. — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:00:29 +0000

Hi egregious! Haven’t seen you in a while.