tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post6118195150485825711..comments2024-02-19T07:24:42.397-08:00Comments on Anglican Curmudgeon: "O, What a Tangled Web We Weave . . ."A. S. Haleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-6226343362178173102018-09-01T08:36:56.195-07:002018-09-01T08:36:56.195-07:00Deception was and is taught to school children by ...Deception was and is taught to school children by the public education system (courtesy of the Federal Government's national standards!; and 95% of children attend these institutions in America according to the Census); also, deception is taught by many private schools, and many church communities. It is no wonder that these cases have happened in the first place!<br /><br />I am linking two new YouTube personalities here:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/user/deanguyton5/videos<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5vltKFQFC-NkUFTax8Erg <br /><br />Please consider sharing their work if you like any of their content. The young Dean Guyton, a black conservative gentleman is a family friend of ours who is 19 now and was hospitalized with a brain tumor at age 16; his recently created videos are of current political topics. <br /><br />The other personality, E Leoni, has created two videos with interesting religious topics; and this person has had some interesting commentary about the topics.<br /><br />Finally, while we continue to read your blog, AC, we have had a very difficult time since we moved after Hurricane Harvey. Therefore, though we LOVE to read and then to comment here, we're doing what we can God's time. <br /><br />We thank God for the daily bread of His Word, and everything that He has given us to Love Him, ourselves and all others! We're praying for you all.MIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947286602634684447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-62864192448318540512018-08-17T09:33:29.007-07:002018-08-17T09:33:29.007-07:00I am not qualified to comment so I feel compelled ...I am not qualified to comment so I feel compelled to do so. Being only an amature lawyer the comment ultra vires says it all for me here but I assure to you that I will store that phrase away for further use. I am also untrained in Religious History but your posts stir that curiosity present in anyone who wants to learn about the known past. I am going to require several re-readings in order to take in even a little of the history you have shared. Thank you, Ted Juneus Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13806299464228142817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-19377946739876320682018-08-03T16:52:56.734-07:002018-08-03T16:52:56.734-07:00"….And then, having delivered her coup de gra..."….And then, having delivered her coup de grace to Bishop Lawrence, Justice Hearn finally saw fit to recuse herself from the case — after she had signed her opinion!…"<br /><br /> Is such an act even possible?…Is it valid?…Does it have standing? Had she taken too much or too little of her various medications?<br /><br /> This is like a bunch of black and white movies all being shown on the same theatre screen simultaneously…Snake Pit, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde…Curly, Larry, and Moe…Pyscho…and a binge-out of The Muensters.<br /> We have judges essentially absorbing executive and legislative authority…ordering persons, public and private, what the precise construct of the Brave New World will be…once and for all!!!<br /><br /> It carries the wafting scent of lunatic vacuousness such as the new glamour-girl bartendrix with the degree in "economics" who is assuring us that "democratic socialism" is the Thing Whose Time Has Come.<br /> We lament that she apparently did not hear about Maduro's recent conclusion about his "Great Experiment" in Venezuela. Besides, who needs toilet paper, baby formula, and water…or food? They have killed perhaps half of the working farm donkeys…for food.<br /> The leftist clamour to tear down what works and replace it with depravity, organic law, and the prohibition of tradition, religious, and personal liberty is totally depressing.<br /><br /> And the blithering ignorance of a woman to point out that a priest such as the Bishop Lawrence, is to be called out…" for "betraying his vows of ordination" and for "breaches of fiduciary duty." Sheesh!!<br /><br /> I am so steamed, you all please must forgive me…but the idea of a nincompoop such as this woman judging who is betraying vows is stunning. Perhaps some judge might wish to review her compliance with correct order and process expected of a neutral and competent jurist.<br /> I retire so as to lower my blood pressure and in order to re-read the Beatitudes, and hum a few bars from "Way Down Upon the Sewanee River"…That seems to help sometimes.<br /><br />El Gringo Viejo David Christian Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486433908063462273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-90397845272393278662018-07-30T18:42:40.723-07:002018-07-30T18:42:40.723-07:00In matters other than those that specifically conc...In matters other than those that specifically concern property law and religion, the South Carolina litigation pertaining to the Diocese of South Carolina involves the federal Constitution in interesting ways. The framers having wisely decided that they'd had enough of a personally-oriented government by fiat, thus designed the Constitution to provide for a government of law and not of 'men' (i.e., a government by personal fiat) and further, the Constitution provided for the newly-created federal government to be one of limited powers as distinct from from many broader powers of states. It's reasonable and defensible why the the U.S. Supreme Court would prefer to have a state deal with a case involving property and religion and would thus decline to review such cases except in compelling circumstances. However, interesting questions involved in the above litigation seem to be raised and to have important ramifications for state law. Thus, when a jurist assigned to a case chooses to exercise an option to recuse himself or herself from further participation in a case in which he or she has been involved, what is the duty of a state court reviewing a case to examine whether the fact of a recusal of a jurist was something that not only should have occurred, but, in fact, was, in essence, tardy, and a jurist's recusal should have occurred before it did?. Further, and most importantly, what is the duty of a state court reviewing a case to undertake action to see that its review must seek to rectify any error that might have occurred as a result of a jurist's "tardy" recusal? Given the powers intended to be exercised by states under the federal Constitution, these questions seem to be at the center of the responsibilities of state courts and not "side" matters or those limited to professional ethical matters.williamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15462159892385010372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-14047323749013856632018-07-30T11:36:46.929-07:002018-07-30T11:36:46.929-07:00The conclusions you have drawn are to the purpose ...The conclusions you have drawn are to the purpose of your own comfort. You are lacking in intellectual clarity and in ability to adhere to a constant principal. You are the hood ornament of situational ethics and convenience logic. "Well, I had to park by that fire plug because I was in a hurry. Sometimes people have to die….especially when I am in a hurry."<br /> Pray for the whole state of Christ's Church…<br /><br />El Gringo ViejoDavid Christian Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486433908063462273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-31405832939304169462018-07-20T11:29:02.208-07:002018-07-20T11:29:02.208-07:00It is more correct to say that South Carolina law ...It is more correct to say that South Carolina law still does not recognize the Dennis Canon as being effective to create any trust, Paul B. Only CJ Beatty held that a written accession to the Church’s canons was sufficient to bring a DC trust into effect. For his two colleagues, the DC alone — even without a document of accession — sufficed to make its own trust, but they were a minority of two in so holding. A. S. Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-14784886105084917562018-07-13T13:45:36.197-07:002018-07-13T13:45:36.197-07:00Does South Carolina law require a written accessio...Does South Carolina law require a written accession for the Dennis Canon to effectively create a trust?Paul Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01608027891457305677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-19322823602735866412018-07-13T04:57:35.054-07:002018-07-13T04:57:35.054-07:00"For we do not wrestle against flesh and bloo..."For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12. To me, this is the reason the judgments do not make sense.Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-45085483505182898932018-06-19T09:39:09.760-07:002018-06-19T09:39:09.760-07:00Yes, Jim Stevenson, all five -- which means that J...Yes, Jim Stevenson, all five -- which means that Justice Hearn acted as judge in her own cause. But then, if her colleagues supposedly cleared her, why did she recuse herself in the end, anyway? Recusal is an act a judge takes in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety -- i.e., she recognized that her sitting on the case could give an appearance of impropriety. And regardless of when she admitted that fact, once she admitted it, she also admits she should not have participated -- so her participation despite the appearance of a conflict should not be rewarded by counting her vote. <br /><br />Yours is the typical view of those who claim a victory is a victory, whether secured by fair means or foul. I am concerned with upholding the integrity of the courts, even if that means taking a loss because one judge broke the rules. To win by subterfuge and impropriety is to lose in the long run. The fact that neither you nor Justice Hearn can understand that consequence says all that we need to know about your, and her, priorities. A. S. Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-13991302853385102502018-06-19T07:07:29.718-07:002018-06-19T07:07:29.718-07:00All five of the Supreme Court judges ascertained t...All five of the Supreme Court judges ascertained that Justice Hearn is a skilled and honourable judge, and did nothing wrong. Your charge of Conspiracy is wreckless and probably libellous. Jim StevensonLe Survenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490918082137289705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-15365914502788016522018-06-18T20:54:04.705-07:002018-06-18T20:54:04.705-07:00A new judge is always an unknown, but this is what...A new judge is always an unknown, but this is what two local representatives said about him when he was elected to the bench:<br /><br />Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg, said he has known Dickson for about 20 years. While all three candidates deserved the position, he said Dickson will bring "a tremendous amount of experience and a varied background" to the bench.<br /><br />"He has a broad range of experience to draw from. … He will make a fine judge," Hutto said.<br /><br />He also cited Dickson's ability to listen.<br /><br />"He does not have any preconceived notions," Hutto said. "He is someone who will listen to both sides and listen to the facts before him."<br /><br />Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, said Dickson is "the kind of judge we need on the bench."<br /><br />"I believe he will be fair and treat all parties with respect and that he will try to use discretion when he can and not try to make laws from the bench," she said.<br /><br /><br />Of course one of them was a partner in his law firm, but still an "ability to listen" and "not try to make laws from the bench" might be hopeful signs.Robert Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03475704079816925312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-47472795697142014222018-06-18T07:39:15.794-07:002018-06-18T07:39:15.794-07:00It appears that, since the Chief Justice has the p...It appears that, since the Chief Justice has the power to assign lower court judges to particular areas and cases, it was Chief Justice Beatty who alone made the decision to reassign the case on remand. Likewise, it appears it was the Chief Justice who refused Justice Kittredge's request to have a fifth justice appointed to decide the petition for rehearing. Finally, it was the Chief Justice who refused to give any rationale for his ruling that some 29 parishes had made written accessions to the Dennis Canon -- when he had lifted that number out of a footnote in one of ECUSA's briefs. <br /><br />The briefs of parties to the case are not evidence on which a court may base its decision. That is why many of the 29 parishes are prepared to show, by actual documentation, that they never "acceded" in a signed writing to the national canons after adoption of the Dennis Canon in 1979.<br /><br />This is just one of the major problems with the decision that the Chief Justice and his two colleagues (Pleicones and Hearn) tried to sweep under the rug. As far as I am able to discern, Justice Beatty is not acting in this case as a real Justice of the Supreme Court, let alone as its Chief Justice. He seems equally culpable, along with the other two, in determining to decide this case not by weighing the facts in light of the law, but by arriving at the result desired and then making it up how to get there. A. S. Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-36956718346399580102018-06-18T07:22:23.004-07:002018-06-18T07:22:23.004-07:00Why would the court "remit" the case to ...Why would the court "remit" the case to another judge, not the original trial judge? I smell the fell hand of Justice Hearn and the two judges who accepted her defense of ECUSA. Have they found a judge willing to ignore Judge Goodstein's careful opinion and the mess at the SC Supreme Court?<br /><br />If I were a resident of South Carolina I would be seriously disturbed about its Supreme Court.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03553894154841373604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-13925336990945573972018-06-16T05:13:11.072-07:002018-06-16T05:13:11.072-07:00It seems like being on the "right side" ...It seems like being on the "right side" of an issue is no guarantee of a fair hearing or decision. The hope for justice is out there from those of us in the DSJ.Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-35941690198268593522018-06-14T07:42:13.627-07:002018-06-14T07:42:13.627-07:00At least one church only acceded to the Articles o...At least one church only acceded to the Articles of Religion and they were among the 28 or 29 that stand to lose their property.Galletta Nebelunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152194351063708303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-44008503875093872492018-06-13T17:05:34.067-07:002018-06-13T17:05:34.067-07:00Justice Hearn's opinion should be disregarded,...Justice Hearn's opinion should be disregarded, and the original court order should stand. It was thorough and correct. Whether that will happen, I don't know. This mess is a major humiliation for South Carolina.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03553894154841373604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-85480894074209766032018-06-13T11:32:12.258-07:002018-06-13T11:32:12.258-07:00Still praying.Still praying.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.com