tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1802856741743605617..comments2024-03-28T18:36:46.949-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Althouse is probably live-blogging my remarks. I hope so."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53349292016020935532009-10-16T21:20:09.759-05:002009-10-16T21:20:09.759-05:00subject to the leash-tugging of traffic
Translati...<i>subject to the leash-tugging of traffic</i><br /><br />Translation: conservative wingnuts control my chainJ. Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407299546060974148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29759595039749451402009-10-16T16:45:41.206-05:002009-10-16T16:45:41.206-05:00Wow. What a bizarre post for a newly marrried woma...Wow. What a bizarre post for a newly marrried woman.<br /><br />Rock on...Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611979723230966040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42174025910491737922009-10-16T16:19:07.557-05:002009-10-16T16:19:07.557-05:00The Professor needs a DC power dinner at the Ebbi...The Professor needs a DC power dinner at the Ebbit Grill with Andre, or Meade if Andre is busy.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23771664664174411102009-10-16T15:20:48.109-05:002009-10-16T15:20:48.109-05:00I believe Ann just declared herself to be Supreme ...I believe Ann just declared herself to be Supreme Blogger. But then, we all knew that already. Right?<br /><br />wv: snedit. To edit for proper levels of snark.rafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03234144949583399000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90477734731734447562009-10-16T14:31:11.213-05:002009-10-16T14:31:11.213-05:00Aptly supporting the comparison of my earlier comm...Aptly supporting the comparison of <a href="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2009/10/if-you-can-invent-it-judicial-review.html#c5328518751712006223" rel="nofollow">my earlier comment</a>, puppies will also lick their balls in front of guests until you tug on the leash.Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59834721843476322522009-10-16T13:23:50.943-05:002009-10-16T13:23:50.943-05:00I cannot accept the leash analogy. It assumes a si...I cannot accept the leash analogy. It assumes a single trainer and a responsiveness to clear commands as well as a fair uniformity in responses, which is all nonsense in regard to judges. But this does provide the chance for ...<br /><br />‹anecdote alert›<br />My German shepherd was as trained as any dog ever gets, but he was a thick dunce compared to any of the four Belgians. Every single thing took at least a week of steady repetition. He did all the fun stuff, jumping boards and fences, if a little sloppy on the return, he tracked, and he even counted (only to 4, beyond that he got confused), among many other things in which my friends enjoyed watching him do. In high school, I wasn't that great a trainer. <br /><br />Belgians on the other hand responded to calm suggestion, they could not be corrected. Period. They very quickly trained me how they are to be trained. I simply could not move fast enough to outmaneuver them while they were on leash. I could spin on a dime at full pace, which is totally unfair, and they'd whip around matching my spin. In a trial, we'd be marked down for crowding. They were all like that. I just accepted that's the way they are. Besides trials are uptight and the opposite of fun. My dogs were show offs with interactive personality and they mark down for that in trials, no matter how entertaining. They were not little robots, as Shelties are prone to perform. <br /><br />Off leash, a verbal correction wrecked their little psychologies completely and the session would be ruined. They taught me not ever to correct them. Withholding vocal praise or a tiny touch to the tip of their ear was punishment unbearable that took the place of correction. Physical separation was agony. They were happiest with constant physical connection. They kept a paw on my shoe, their shoulder pressed to my knee, and I MUST keep the tip of their ear gently pinched. All of that is not good for straight obedience trial, but it was the basis of our obedience relationship. They were a joy to train and shockingly fast responding to commands, vocal and physical, with a tendency to anticipate. I had to keep them guessing what would come next with no physical movement at all that could be interpreted as a clue or a trace of command or else the error would be my fault. They would complete a command before the word was finished. They hit the floor on "Down!" before the "n" was pronounced so hard it was startling, which forced practicing on grass or carpet because I was afraid they'd chip their little elbows. Witnesses remarked they never had seen anything like it and it all seemed a little bit Nazi-esque. <br /><br />I rarely ran them through their paces, usually only after an interlude following a scolding for them for having done something doggy naughty. It provided a means to get beyond the scolding and erase all that by allowing them to perform something they were secure in the knowledge they're great at.<br /><br /><a href="http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff231/bour3/anims/belgianrunning5.gif" rel="nofollow">Brief animated tribute shows how Belgians obey beautifully then purposefully goof to keep the interaction and the attention on themselves going.</a><br />‹/anecdote alert› <br /><br />No, I do not believe justices are like that, differences in breeds and training styles notwithstanding. They are not like puppies on leashes. Not even in a stretched or tortured analogy. I don't even know why a justice would suggest such a thing.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81430065380905749202009-10-16T13:10:08.129-05:002009-10-16T13:10:08.129-05:00Peter Hoh wrote: So, with regards to a blog, is th...Peter Hoh wrote: <i>So, with regards to a blog, is the commontariat the puppy or the leash holder?</i><br /><br />We're the bag of poop.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480329783749187372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12614326571831980562009-10-16T12:52:42.834-05:002009-10-16T12:52:42.834-05:00Prof. Althouse, are you learning anything? Are the...Prof. Althouse, are you learning anything? Are these presentations worthwhile?<br /><br />My law profs did not indulge in vague analogies, though my fellow students' minds may well have wandered to thoughts of My Dinner with Andre.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56394734897724234672009-10-16T12:40:59.356-05:002009-10-16T12:40:59.356-05:00Professor Jenna Bednar, a few minutes ago, said, c...Professor Jenna Bednar, a few minutes ago, said, characterizing the message Barry's big book: "The Court is the People's puppy and the people hold it firmly by the leash."<br /><br />Oliver Wendell Holmes is spinning in his grave.Jeff with one 'f'https://www.blogger.com/profile/05744612696537883583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49417175775047952142009-10-16T12:30:55.276-05:002009-10-16T12:30:55.276-05:00"Would any of the following cases have been d..."Would any of the following cases have been decided as they were if the People had the Court on a leash?"<br /><br />Absolutely not. But if elite beltway opinion had the Court on a leash, those decisions would have come out exactly as they did. <br /><br />Someone is holding the leash. It is just not us.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964994591293819655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45986921248474394822009-10-16T12:27:14.004-05:002009-10-16T12:27:14.004-05:00The People hold the Court on a leash? Examples ple...The People hold the Court on a leash? Examples please. <br /><br />Would any of the following cases have been decided as they were if the People had the Court on a leash?<br /><br />Brown v Board of Education<br /><br />Roe v Wade<br /><br />Kennedy v Louisiana (death penalty for child rape ruled unconstitutional)<br /><br />Boumedienne v Bush, George (terrorists at Gitmo have the "right" to challenge their detention in US civilian courts).ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19008357438472256142009-10-16T12:06:39.765-05:002009-10-16T12:06:39.765-05:00So, with regards to a blog, is the commontariat th...So, with regards to a blog, is the commontariat the puppy or the leash holder?Peter Hohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916196998855947137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50543717933241649462009-10-16T12:01:40.662-05:002009-10-16T12:01:40.662-05:00And if you are also conference-photographing, coul...And if you are also conference-photographing, could we see a photo that includes your laptop, the doodle pad, the speaker and your feet? That would be excellent composition.<br /><br />Your pal,<br /><br />Ansel AdamsMichael Hazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139261384414481528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8094838669399220132009-10-16T11:52:36.623-05:002009-10-16T11:52:36.623-05:00"The collar and leash are an important part o..."The collar and leash are an important part of (judicial) restraint. Handcuffing (the justices) is also an important element in bonding (to the rule of law)."<br /><br />Actually, that was a pickup line Scalia used to use on Sandra O'Conner. It was rumored to be fullproof.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964994591293819655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68290280797891781032009-10-16T11:49:37.170-05:002009-10-16T11:49:37.170-05:00Althouse, are you also doodling? Did you doodle a...Althouse, are you also doodling? Did you doodle a picture of yourself blogging the speaker saying that your were probably live-blogging?Michael Hazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139261384414481528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76624143901203133882009-10-16T11:46:40.901-05:002009-10-16T11:46:40.901-05:00The collar and leash are an important part of (jud...The collar and leash are an important part of (judicial) restraint. Handcuffing (the justices) is also an important element in bonding (to the rule of law). Some Congresspeople who believe in (judicial) restraint look for safe words like "literalist" for a sense of security. <br /><br />The same may be said of those merely curious (about the law) who need lessons in (judicial) restraint.Michael Hazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139261384414481528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3032446423824548672009-10-16T11:45:32.845-05:002009-10-16T11:45:32.845-05:00A proper leash is kept slack so that the dog can&#...A proper leash is kept slack so that the dog can't tell what you're doing without watching you.<br /><br />Except for brief moments when he finds out you're walking fast the opposite direction and he wasn't watching.<br /><br />Never ever let a dog tug on the leash. Reverse course and walk quickly the other way before it tightens.<br /><br />A choke collar is the usual choice.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57370029801472684442009-10-16T11:38:05.245-05:002009-10-16T11:38:05.245-05:00How will people react to me? The SCOTUS decisions ...How will people react to me? The SCOTUS decisions are aware of this question. The affair participant has this same question. Both do any thing to get another response to the question and experience some certainty that they are important to the other in a brief moment. This being the case, then the cultural traditions/religions of the affair participants or Justices is the secret power force behind the "evolution of the Law". I just want to know that they will still respect me (read, my rights in the Bill of Rights) in the morning.That is why Sotomayor was fine with me, but a new age environmentalist/marxist would be poison as a nominee. I wonder when will Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat open?traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76269448209216754222009-10-16T11:26:18.620-05:002009-10-16T11:26:18.620-05:00I will defer to rhhardin on this, but I think the ...I will defer to rhhardin on this, but I think the type of collar is at least as important as the mere presence of a leash.Triangle Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287119175364820011noreply@blogger.com