2016-02-18 US Supreme Court Justice Scalia - the death of an icon of judicial corruption...
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Great review from Tikkun:
"Scalia played a prominent role in introducing extremist and blatantly racist ideas, undermined democracy not only by helping overcome the majority vote for Al Gore by finding justification for giving the presidency to George W. Bush but also by overturning the decisions of democratic elected Congressional mandates restricting the role of money in politics (the infamous Citizens’ United decision) and dismantling key sections of the Voting Rights legislation that had been the most concrete accomplishment of the Civil Rights movement (thereby allowing southern states to rush in, as they have done, to create significant obstacles to voting for many people of color). His impact on our society was overwhelmingly (though not exclusively) hurtful to the poor and the powerless."
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Great review from Tikkun:
"Scalia played a prominent role in introducing extremist and blatantly racist ideas, undermined democracy not only by helping overcome the majority vote for Al Gore by finding justification for giving the presidency to George W. Bush but also by overturning the decisions of democratic elected Congressional mandates restricting the role of money in politics (the infamous Citizens’ United decision) and dismantling key sections of the Voting Rights legislation that had been the most concrete accomplishment of the Civil Rights movement (thereby allowing southern states to rush in, as they have done, to create significant obstacles to voting for many people of color). His impact on our society was overwhelmingly (though not exclusively) hurtful to the poor and the powerless."
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