Brown, Roe Are in Mortal Peril

[Caro]

The Supreme Court is turning our world upside down. We tried to tell the Democrats, but did they listen? Not so’s you’d notice. Somebody has to light a fire under them, and I guess that somebody has to be you and me. From The Hill’s Pundits Blog:

Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade Are in Mortal Peril

Brent Budowsky

The United States Supreme Court is moving to reverse long-cherished American notions of constitutional law.

The divisions that plague American society have invaded the sanctity of the court, with angry dissents and at times personal criticism among justices that illustrate both the passions and dangers of the debate.

These events escalate a pattern of extreme actions that violate cardinal American ideals on matters including torture, the Geneva Convention, attacks on the Bill of Rights, presidential assertions of authority to violate statutes with non-binding statements, secrecy of unprecedented scope, the inability of Congress to perform its historic function of preventing executive abuse, and now a bitterly divided Supreme Court that threatens values long thought to be part of our national consensus…

We can no longer believe that Brown v. Board of Education establishes a national consensus on policies that promote integration versus those that tolerate segregation.

We can no longer believe that Roe v. Wade is settled law, based on a societal consensus, that protects a woman’s right to choose. Make no mistake, Roe v. Wade stands in mortal peril of being overturned or dismembered by the current court, and almost certainly, by the next court if another conservative justice is appointed…

Justice Scalia is right about one thing in his bizarre attack on the chief justice: It is time to state clearly what is happening. What is happening is a direct and aggressive attack on core constitutional values by multiple sources including the president and the Supreme Court…

There is much to discuss on the Fourth of July.

Liberals, libertarians, strict constructionists of the Constitution and true conservatives should see what is happening clearly, and mobilize to stop it.

Budowsky was an aide to former Sen. Lloyd Bentsen and to Bill Alexander, then-chief deputy whip of the House. He is a contributing editor to Fighting Dems News Service. He can be read on The Hill’s Pundits Blog and reached at [email protected].

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Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

The excerpt above is posted with the full knowledge and permission, even encouragement, of the author, who wants his essays to be read by as many people as possible.

[mmonk]

1. A recommend and a kick

for a truth many reject or think can be fixed by another election instead of a long generational burden to endure because of bad political calculation.

[kenny blankenship]

2. To keep it short, let's just say the 20th century is being overturned on appeal.

[tiptoe]

14. ...on appeal to SCJ nominees of a fraudulently-elected Prez...TWICE!! It's all about Election Fraud!

Justices Roberts and Alito should voluntarily resign, once it's demonstrated the parties responsible for their nominations conspired to subvert American democracy systematically. They are serving at the behest of anti-democracy, anti-constitution, election- and war-crime and potentially-treasonous forces. (It wasn't just "politics as usual.")

The American people, the Senate and House, the Courts, and the world are learning the truth...including eventually the truth about 9/11.

[Caro]

21. Ooh! Good one!

Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

[Benhurst]

3. Recommended #4

:bounce: :kick:

[Philosoraptor]

4. As is the nation.

[spanone]

5. I'd say they are history. This 'supreme' court of ACTIVIST judges will kill choice.

[xchrom]

6. as long as democrats are in charge -- it will be worth it.

:eyes:

[VP505]

7. Interesting comments

on that post at The Hill's Pundit Blog, some Reich wing nuts heads are exploding and goes without saying they are trying to turn that into a "liberal bash". Perhaps it needs some DU comments, ya know, just to balance things out a bit!

[Hubert Flottz]

8. The GOPer SCOTUS will attack unions the same way!

Bye Bye prevailing wage...Bye Bye clean air and water...Bye Bye Superfund Clean-ups...Bye Bye OSHA...Bye Bye government regulation of the big corporations...Bye Bye pensions...Bye Bye middle class America...Bye Bye Civil Rights...Pandora is out and on the rampage.

[Cerridwen]

9. K & R

I'm resisting the urge to type a long rant which ends in "We told you so".

[fortyfeetunder]

11. Equally resisting the urge

What a fricking mess....

[Cerridwen]

13. Frustrating as hell

We could have avoided this.

[spanone]

10. Alito & Roberts were the trojan horses the democrats refused to see.

[Lyric]

12. K&R--important stuff

All of us have reason to be very concerned about this. :scared: :mad:

[OHdem10]

15. Affirmative Action is the real target.

[OzarkDem]

20. Agree

Like universal health care, equal rights for everyone is offensive to GOP'ers. They have a real problem with giving all Americans a level playing field, whether its for health care, jobs or anything else.

[DeepModem Mom]

16. K&R

[133724]

17. From what I heard on Air America yesterday Brown is Dead...

All the is necessary is to put the casket in the ground.....

[smoogatz]

18. If by "in mortal peril" you mean "dead in the water," then yes.

You're absolutely right. And it's not just Brown and Roe--it's every progressive legislative or legal advance made in this country since FDR. It's all at risk. All of it.

[blondeatlast]

19. Brown iseffectively dead and the Sherman anti-trust/price fixing controls died Friday.

Sherman passed quietly away without notice by the MSM and Brown has been all but ignored by the MSM that had apparent screaming orgasms over the most minor news in the slow, torturous death of Terri Schiavo.

[spanone]

22. Not in peril, they are deceased. Thanks to Alito & Roberts