God (and progressives) save this honorable court!
In These Times
by Hans Johnson
07/05/07
On their tours of monumental Washington, summertime visitors often stand in awe of the Supreme Court. The gleaming white building, with its oath of ‘equal justice under law’ proclaimed above its grand west entrance, suggests solidity itself. Yet far from living up to that promise, the current Roberts Court has begun to tilt the scales against ordinary Americans while undermining the basic notion of fair play. In steadily reversing hard-won progress on privacy, freedom of speech, church-state separation and civil rights, a radical four-man bloc is reminding people of the precariousness of standards we had long taken for granted and the primacy of court appointments in the 2008 election. Time and again in its term just concluded, the Roberts Court has thumbed its nose at the principle of an even playing field in American life and the value of individual liberty...
http://tinyurl.com/2uaf7a
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Supreme+Court
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Roberts+court
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hans+Johnson
by Hans Johnson
07/05/07
On their tours of monumental Washington, summertime visitors often stand in awe of the Supreme Court. The gleaming white building, with its oath of ‘equal justice under law’ proclaimed above its grand west entrance, suggests solidity itself. Yet far from living up to that promise, the current Roberts Court has begun to tilt the scales against ordinary Americans while undermining the basic notion of fair play. In steadily reversing hard-won progress on privacy, freedom of speech, church-state separation and civil rights, a radical four-man bloc is reminding people of the precariousness of standards we had long taken for granted and the primacy of court appointments in the 2008 election. Time and again in its term just concluded, the Roberts Court has thumbed its nose at the principle of an even playing field in American life and the value of individual liberty...
http://tinyurl.com/2uaf7a
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Supreme+Court
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Roberts+court
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hans+Johnson
rudkla - 6. Jul, 15:01
