from Maureen Gill: I think a lot of us understand that the we have a Supreme Court dominated by regressives, corporate money men and ethical nightmares like Clarence Thomas (if he were a sitting judge in almost any state or county venue hed probably be disbarred by now for ethical violations but thats another story because Supreme Court justices really are above the ethical bar and not held to the same stringent professional standards that require a judge to recuse himself when their is a conflict of interest)... ANYWAY, do you know who appointed the 9 justices? Well heres the lowdown: A minority, 4 of 9, were nominated by Democratic presidents Clinton and Obama (Sotomayor and Kagan/Obama and Ginsburg and Breyer/Clinton. The majority of 5 were nominated by Reagan and both Bush presidents (Scalia and Kennedy/Reagan; Thomas by Bush 1 and Alito and current Chief Justice Roberts by Bush 2). See the problem? People who say the system is rigged and who say elections dont matter are, IMO, idiots. EVERYTHING MATTERS.... and nothing more than who is elected president and to Congress and the Senate and governorships. Presidents may be hampered and frustrated by obstructionist Congresses and weak or craven Senators and their landmark legislative victories may be sabotaged by the states... a lesson in how this happens has played out over the last 6 years. However, the legacy that most endures and may in some ways be considered the most game-changing are presidential appointments to the Supreme Court and federal judiciary.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 17:05:14 +0000
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