The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #104252   Message #2139422
Posted By: Genie
03-Sep-07 - 03:32 AM
Thread Name: BS: Sheehan vs. Pelosi
Subject: RE: BS: Sheehan vs. Pelosi
[[Things were falling apart long before those clowns [Roberts, Scalia, Alito, Thomas] were ever sworn in. And things will continue to fall apart whether they are there or liberals are there. The only real change they can make is to abortion laws and I don't care about abortion one way or another.]]

Guess again, my friend.

The neocon/corporatist bloc on the SCOTUS -- I won't even call them "conservative," because in many decisions they show contempt for the Constitution, at least the Bill Of Rights -- not only can take away a lot more of our liberties, but they've already gone pretty far in that direction. Talking about our rights to peacefully assemble to petition the gov't for redress of grievances; protection against unreasonable search and seizure; due process of law; the federal gov't stepping in to overrule state gov't decisions such as medical majijuana, Dr-assisted suicide; protection of our environment; etc.

The very fact that the Rehnquist court allowed Bush v. Gore to be heard, instead of sending it back to the state court where it belonged, shows how out of bounds some of these justices can be.