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USA Today/ - News, Dom, 01 de Abril de 2012
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL (Supreme Court)
Letters: 'Stand your ground' laws are
needed
You editorial on "stand your ground" laws shoots first
and asks questions later ("Editorial: 'Stand your
ground' is a recipe for tragedy").
First, unless you are part of one of the agencies
investigating this case, you don't have all the facts.
Second, the law is intended so people can legally
defend themselves without the worry of some
"wanna-be politician" district attorney looking to better
his or her own career at the expense of someone's
life.
I live in Florida, and the stand-your-ground law is here
to stay.
Walt Todd; Riverview, Fla.
Court reflects divided U.S.
Your editorial on the health care law debate was, I
believe, fairly reasonable and balanced until the final
paragraph. It states: "Another 5-4 decision along
ideological lines would taint the court's credibility. The
court would do itself, and the nation, a service by
upholding the mandate" ("Editorial: Health care, yes.
Broccoli, no.").
Based on the rest of the editorial and most reports
about the hearing, the decision is likely to be 5-4
whichever way the court goes. The comment above
seems to imply a 5-4 ruling in support of the law will do
less damage to the court's credibility than a 5-4
against.
Or is the editor suggesting that one side or the other,
presumably the conservative, should give in for the
sake of a credibility-building unanimous decision?
I have not done a statistical analysis of Supreme
Court decisions, but many of the landmark cases I
remember came from ideologically divided courts,
usually reflecting deep ideological divides in the
country at large.
Frank Jemmison; Portsmouth, Va.
Use common sense on mandates
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wants to know
about the difference between health insurance and
broccoli mandates.
The answer is simple. There is no chance that
individuals will have to be forced to buy broccoli to
save their lives, and there is no chance that the other
customers in the grocery store will be forced to chip in
for the cost of someone else's life-saving broccoli.
Christoph Bull; Los Angeles
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