Today in Supreme Court History: September 16, 1787

9/16/1787: The Constitutional Convention finalizes Constitution.

The Constitution

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[Dan Schiavetta]

Socialist Labor Party v. Rhodes, 89 S.Ct. 3 (decided September 16, 1968): Stewart declines to order Ohio Secretary of State to place Socialist Labor Party candidates for federal office on ballot; Party has only 108 members and the relief it originally requested (space for write-ins) had already been granted (a much larger third party was involved in this litigation, and a month later the Court held that Ohio law making it impossible for any third party to get onto ballot violated Equal Protection, 393 U.S. 23)

[Frank Drackman]

Who needs Socialists when you have a DemoKKKrat party already??
What the Socialists need is a National Party, a National Socialist Party, a National Socialist Party for the Working Class, they could even call it the
"National Socialist Worker's Party"
they could even have a slogan, like
"Work makes you Free!"

surprised nobody's thought of that before me,

Frank

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

If my blog attracted such a despicable concentration of illiterates, bigots, and disaffected, un-American assholes, that would bother me. This does not appear to faze the Volokh Conspirators, though, not one of whom exhibits the courage or character (let alone the self-preservation instinct) to express concern about the incessant racism, homophobia, Islamophobia, delusion, misogyny, xenophobia, and belligerent ignorance that has become the signature element of the blog featuring their names (and with which they have expressly sullied their employers).

How much longer should legitimate law schools be expected to accept having their reputations and names misappropriated in this manner? Is anything other than tenure maintaining the employment of the Volokh Conspirators who were hired by strong, mainstream law schools?

[Syd Henderson]

Sorry Rev, I know you're missing Captcrisis's movie reviews, so I'll contribute my synopsis of a famous film:

"It" (1927) Clara Bow plays Pennywise, an evil clown who disguises himself as a spunky shopgirl so he/she can lure millionaires to his/her lair where they are seduced and devoured. Bow is very convincing despite having eight sexy legs and five expressive eyes. The screams continued in "It Happened One Night, "It Conquered the World" and "Whip It."

Tired of playing the same roles, Bow retired to a ranch in Montana to consume her victims at leisure.

[Syd Henderson]

By the way, I’ve belonged to a film forum for many years and done hundreds of reviews, usually straight, but I couldn’t resist.

Here’s a straight synopsis (I also wrote actual reviews, but not of this film. I don’t put my sex life into them because that’s boring.)

As far as the real movie “it”, it has problems, although there is a lot to like about “it”. I usually like Clara Bow, but her character her alternates between being heroic, being spunky, and being dishonest, and the object of her manipulations strikes me as being unworthy of them. The comic relief, Monty Montgomery, is actually treated pretty badly, and is silly but actually would probably be a more decent husband. It’s implied at the end that Monty and the rejected almost fiancee might wind up together, which is a better pairing than the two leads.

And, no, Monty is not gay. It’s obvious that he’s interested in the opposite sex (after all, he’s the one who realized the only salesgirl who has “it” is the one who’s played by Clara Bow, and promptly did his best to pick her up), but not that good at landing a girlfriend.

[Syd Henderson]

Oh, there's more:

It's odd that a film as popular and influential as "it" was actually lost for decades. You'd expect it of less important films, but not of a film that spawned a famous description like the 'It Girl.'

There's a frankly embarrassing cameo appearance by Elinor Glyn explaining what "it" is, which we've already had several explanations of. She was an adept and banal self-promoter who expressed a pretty obvious idea that Rudyard Kipling (of all people) had expressed decades before, and more eloquently. Fortunately, the movie escapes her and goes in its own direction.

Incidentally, the movie itself proclaims the title is "it" (which is why I spelled it that way) without a capital, but immediately undermines it with "IT" in the background.

[Jerry B.]

Well, at least he’s not a nanny goat.

[Frank Drackman]

Again with the “Yo Mama” insults, good thing I’m Kind/Gentle during the High Hole-y days or I’d break out my “Black Illegitimacy” material. Well heck, let’s give it a try,
“Frankie Hope” at a USO Show circa 1944, pre-D-day, Dover England
“and lets hear it for our Colored Soldiers!!! I kid the Colored Soldiers, but I love them, I mean, my shoes have never gotten a better shine from Private umm, Washington? Jefferson? heck, they all took the names of their owners, I can’t remember his name, and anyway, you know how they all look the same!, and not making any accusations, but has anyone seen my watch?? But hey, I heard Der Fuhrer’s so afraid of Black Soldiers invading Germany, he’s put up a new “Siegfried Line” instead of barbed wire and mines, they’ll have a row of “Haunted Houses”!!! I gotta tell ya….”

Frank