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okasha

(11,573 posts)
8. The more SCOTUS squirms, the better.
Sat Nov 17, 2012, 04:31 PM
Nov 2012

The Constitution set the Court up as a for-life appointment, not an elective office, precisely to allow squirming to result in positive action for equality of minorities and/or perceived "outsiders." That's what resulted in expansion of legal protections under Brown, Loving, and others.

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