Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor trade jabs
in Andy Warhol copyright case
Posted By: pensom2, 5/19/2023 10:18:52 AM
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan appeared to take umbrage at Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s majority opinion in a copyright case involving Andy Warhol and Prince, telling readers in her dissent that she would trust their “good judgment” rather than counter her colleague’s “fistfuls of comeback footnotes.” The shot at Kagan’s fellow liberal came in a lengthy second footnote of her dissent, which several Supreme Court observers found “interesting” and “noteworthy.” . . . Kagan wrote, “ . . . the majority opinion is trained on this dissent in a way majority opinions seldom are. Maybe that makes the majority opinion self-refuting?”
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Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan appeared to take umbrage at Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s majority opinion in a copyright case involving Andy Warhol and Prince, telling readers in her dissent that she would trust their “good judgment” rather than counter her colleague’s “fistfuls of comeback footnotes.” The shot at Kagan’s fellow liberal came in a lengthy second footnote of her dissent, which several Supreme Court observers found “interesting” and “noteworthy.” . . . Kagan wrote, “ . . . the majority opinion is trained on this dissent in a way majority opinions seldom are. Maybe that makes the majority opinion self-refuting?”
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Poll Watchers 14 replies
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Printer Error Turns Almost a Million Registered
Voters in Nassau County, New York Democrat 31 replies
Voters in Nassau County, New York Democrat 31 replies
A printer error in Nassau County, New York turned every registered voter in the county Democrat.
The printer reportedly botched over 976,000 voter registration cards and labeled every voter in the county Democrat.
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As an attorney and retired NYPD Inspector, I’ve been told some stories in my day. This one lands someplace between "Beowulf"and Monty Python. So let us now uncover these mysteries, hidden deep in the tale.
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Candidate Who Leads Biden in Crucial Swing States 19 replies
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Fascinating to witness the level of mutual animus emanating from two liberal, female, Obama appointees to SCOTUS.