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With President Obama about to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, Robert Reich has chosen to re-run an article he wrote prior to the confirmation of (now Chief Justice) John Roberts to the Court in 2005. The article is about the values of nominees -- not the hot-button issues of abortion, gun laws, gay marriage, etc., but rather the interesting distinction of whether a particular nominee is likely to favor "property" or "community" in making his/her decisions.
We'll hear much blather about "upholding the Constitution," "original intent," "following the law," "judicial activism," and numerous other hypocrisies from the Republicans -- especially after the conservatives on this Court have overturned one precedent after another to impose conservative ideology. After that majority's astounding 5-4 decision in Citizens United -- to allow corporations to pour unlimited amounts of money into our elections and referendums -- no one can afford to be complacent about who is appointed."Obama’s Supreme Court Nomination, the Economy, and What I Advised the Senate in 2005." By Robert Reich, April 24, 2010
http://robertreich.org/post/546025291/obamas-supreme-court-nomination-the-economy-and-what
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