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A Pound of Flesh

A Pound of Flesh

The origin of the phrase “a pound of flesh” is Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. The character Shylock demands payment for a loan, causing Portia, who is making the final judgment in the matter, to say to him, “Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh.” Of interest in the scene is that she specifies to Shylock that he may have flesh but not a drop of blood. Today, the...

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Robotic Roberts

Robotic Roberts

Just like a mime, Roberts took the party line during hearings by saying that Roe v. Wade/Doe v. Bolton is “settled law,” but he avoided saying how he might rule. Of course nobody can say how he would rule because a particular case would first have to be under consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Bork gets it right

Bork gets it right

In a recent interview Judge Robert Bork made it perfectly clear that regardless of whether or not Judge John Roberts makes it to the U.S. Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade/Doe v. Bolton is not going to be overturned any time soon, if ever.

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