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http://www.theonion.com/articles/supreme-court-overturns-right-v-wrong,27077/WASHINGTONStriking down the judicial precedent that established the legal supremacy of right over wrong more than two centuries ago, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned Right v. Wrong.
The landmark reversala bitterly contested 5-4 decision that has been widely praised by murderers, rapists, bigots, usurers, and pro-wrong advocates nationwidenullifies all previously lawful forms of right and makes it very difficult for Americans to make ethical decisions or be generally decent human beings without facing criminal charges.
"It is the opinion of this court that the Constitution was crafted in such a manner as to uphold and encourage practices that are not right and, ideally, are very wrong," Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the majority, which also included Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, and John Roberts. "Despite the compelling case for goodness, truth, and justice made by our predecessors in the case of Right v. Wrong, we firmly believe that malice, dishonesty, and injustice were the framers' original intent."
"The ruling today rights an age-old wrong in which right has consistently, and unconstitutionally, prevailed," Justice Alito wrote in a concurring opinion, adding that the decision between right and wrong did not present a difficult choice for him. "It is clear the earlier court erred when issuing the Right decision."
Justice Scalia said of the decision, "As long as I am on the bench, I will always fight for what is wrong."
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Supreme Court Overturns 'Right v. Wrong' (Original Post)
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jan 2012
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zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)1. Try out for the Onion?
You've got potential.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,482 posts)2. My bad. Forgot the
link. Thanks.