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#AskSCOTUS
Amid all the bad news on Twitter this week — especially including all the recent Supreme Court decisions — something wonderful happened just the other day. E. L. James, the author of 50 Shades of Grey, opened herself to questions.
Among the wonderful responses she received:
#AskELJames after the success of “Grey,” have you considered re-telling the story from the perspective of someone who can write — Andrew Vestal (@avestal) June 29, 2015
Which do you hate more, women or the English language? #AskELJames — Ian Robinson (@eyeswideshut75) June 29, 2015
#AskELJames Is it only ok for Christian to stalk, coerce, threaten & manipulate Ana because he’s hot, or is it also ok because he’s rich?
— 50 Shades is abuse (@50shadesabuse) June 29, 2015
#AskELJames I need advice on making a BIG romantic gesture. Should I put a GPS tracker in her phone and make threats if she tries to leave?
— Liam Dryden (@LiamDrydenEtc) June 29, 2015
It could be argued that in the last few days, we’ve encountered worse writing even than that by James, and by several justices at once.
If you could tweet a question to one of the Supremes, who would it be to and what would you ask?
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Technically, What The Hell? is a question. The problem is I would need more than 140 characters to hold all the question marks.
“Is being able to read a requirement for Supreme Court Justices, and if so, why do you feel you should be on the court?” I would ask it of at least five, and maybe seven of them.
“Have you ever considered running from office?” #RunRobertsRun
“Is a duty to resist unjust laws lessened because the injustice is endorsed by SCOTUS?” #AskCJSCOTUS #Ricochet
Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot? Over.
Quoting the Dred Scott decision, you have issued rulings that no citizen are bound to respect.
To Mr. Justice Kennedy: “Are you now recommending that Psychobabble 101 be a mandatory course in law school, or should it be up to the personal liberty-seeking preferences of the student?”
btw, great post, Eustace.
To Justice Kennedy: What recreational drugs do you use, and can you hook me up with your supplier?
To Justice Sotomayor: Do wise Latino brothers have a constitutional right to marry one another?
Why do you believe the words of an actual law are irrelevant?
TonyK – SoCons dis you for Casey and Obergefell. Will you quit during a Dem’s term to protect due process clause liberty interest in 14A?
@JusticeKennedy: Have you considered spending more time with your family? Also, I hear they’re paying good advances for memoirs. #AskSCOTUS
@JusticeThomas @JusticeScalia: Are either of you opposed to human cloning? If not, I have this *awesome* idea… #AskSCOTUS
Justice Kennedy: In forming your decisions, do you rely on polling data or particular entertainment media or do you just know where the zeitgeist is headed at any particular moment?
BTW, I started — well, hijacked — an actual #AskSCOTUS hashtag on Twitter. Make sure to jump in there, too.
@JusticeKennedy: which do you rely more on in reaching your decisions, the text of the US Constitution or the editorial page of the New York Times?
Oh, sorry, forgot, you answered that in your King v. Burwell vote.
Done.
Could we summarize your Obergefell opinion by saying, “well yeah, the Constitution is like kinda important but it’s really all about love and stuff“.
I went in with #AskCJSCOTUS a while ago, having forgotten that the proposed #t was in the title of the post.
Also tagged it with #Ricochet.
Great post and great comments so far.
Loved the tweets for the author.
Now that you guys have taken over, can we get rid of Congress and state legislatures?
Sorry Basil, it’s an Obligation now.
Not a 40-character question to the SC, but:
It’s the Fourth of July weekend, and I’m on Cape Cod where the planes from DC are coming in today every ten minutes like clockwork. They’ll be parked here until Sunday night and Monday morning. I know for sure the interns are running the capital so now’s your chance to take over DC because the interns have the keys and no one left them instructions. :)
I tried to resist, but I just couldn’t do it:
That humming sound you hear? It’s the founding fathers spinning in their graves. #do_we_even_need_a_constitution?
If the tweets are tapering off, can I hijack the thread for conjectures as to what Justice Ruth uses that doily around her neck for?
I’m guessing it catches anything that escapes when she falls asleep during oral arguments.
#ThroughlyCorruptedInstitution
Dear Mr. Roberts, have you gone completely nanners? If not, could you reconcile your many opinions and dissents because they are largely exclusive of one another.
Are there any limiting principles on the fundamental right to marry between consenting adults and if so what are they? I would really like to know what Justice Kennedy thinks.
I’m hungry for Chinese – suggestions? Word is you’re fortune cookie connoisseurs.