DISQUS

GreenDreams · 5 months ago

Of course Justice Thomas disagreed. Pervert.
StockBoySF · 5 months ago

GreenDreams, LOL! Yes. And since you said that I really can't add anything else to the conversation. Perfect and sums it up very nicely.
crowepps · 5 months ago

It's interesting that Justice Thomas didn't recognize that the school failing to call the parents was an attack on "parental rights".
balthar · 5 months ago

Good, strong reporting there, Bridget: completely ignore the in loco parentis arguments put forth by Thomas in favor of slipping in a snickering Oprahism. You didn't happen to READ his dissent, did you? Nah, why do that, when you can quote a blogger??

And, no, I didn't find his argument compelling, but I at least read it and thought about it (I have two middle-school daughters, myself, and I'm pleased with the ruling).

BTW, if you can steer yourself away from genital slang, give a quick cheer to Thomas' concurrence with the 5-4 majority in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, which may save many more lives than Safford U.S.D. #1 v. Redding. A friendly suggestion, in the interest of, you know, being moderate.
DLS · 5 months ago

"ignore the in loco parentis arguments put forth by Thomas in favor of slipping in a snickering Oprahism. You didn't happen to READ his dissent, did you? Nah, why do that, when you can quote a blogger??"

It was a middle-school-level tactic, from appearances (content _and_ style). Duly noted.